The Creature of Ekanore
Once upon a time, in a place called Ekanore,
there lived a strange creature who climbed palm trees.
Its teeth were like radishes,
its back as flat as a winnowing fan,
its ears floppy and uneven,
its eyes glowing like fiery embers.
A rope of dry grass was tied around its waist,
and it wandered from house to house.
Any child who cried—
it would stuff into its sack,
climb up a tree,
and then throw the poor child down!
