ara! Mr. Wandaka taught us literature and we did three books: Romeo and Juliet, The concubine, and African Short stories. If it’s not The Concubine, then its in the Short Stories.
Iliitwaje hiyo stori? Nakumbuka ilikuwa stori ya sungura na leopard ama mbweha wakienda journey na mbweha akaficha watoi wa sungura kwa mzigo kuwakula baadaye. Or something like that.
No, it was a leopard who wanted to feast on goat kids, so akawaweka kwa bag na kupea the goat to carry. Along the way, the leopard kept saying “Salute Goat, fools carry themselves”. After saying this several times, Goat ikachanuka, rushed back home and exchanged akaweka leopard kids kwa bag. So, every time the leopard would say “fools carry themselves”, the goat would reply “Salute Leopard, brains encounter brains”…