🌲 Ikom folk stories from Southern Nigeria, Xxix.--why a Python Never Swallows a Tortoise., sentence 19

When he saw the python the tortoise said, “I want to eat the fruit as I am hungry, but, if you swallow me, my body is small and mostly shell so that your hunger will not be satisfied.

Who acts: python, tortoise, you, body, hunger, your · What happens: see, say, want, eat, be, swallow · To what, where: python, fruit, tortoise · Speech: someone speaks here

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