I love the possible lessons from this story.
On the first day of the week, the trickster God Eshu walked down a country
road wearing a strange hat -- red on one side and white on the other. He walked between two friendly neighbors who
were plowing their fields.
At lunch the neighbors talked about the stranger who passed their
farms.
"What a fine white hat that man wore."
"White? No my friend, the sun
must have been in your eyes. It was a brilliant
red."
"Are you calling me a liar? It was white as the milk from my cows."
"Do you think I’m an idiot? It
was red as the blood I will draw from your nose!"
"White!"
"Red!"
"White!"
"Red!"
Their argument soon escalated into a vicious brawl. The neighbors gathered to try to stop them
but both men screamed, insisting each was right and the other wrong.
Finally, Eshu the trickster returned.
He chastised them and showed them his hat. How sad to lose their friendship in defense of
the color of a hat!
Tuesday, May 21, 2013
A trickster story from West Africa...
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