Reading Notes: The Gazelle And The Leopard, Part B

 Congo: The Gazelle And The Leopard

Story/Picture source: Notes on the Folklore of the Fjort by Richard Edward Dennett (1898).

• The gazelle tells the leopard that it is dry season and they need to cut down a bush for when it rains
• The leopard tells the gazelle to do it because he cannot go today
• The gazelle cut down the bush and went back the next day alone
• The leopard wants the gazelle to go to a plantation with him but the gazelle says he is sick and cannot go
• The leopard goes to find the gazelle the next day but he is not there
• Everyday that the leopard wanted the gazelle, he was always sick or out of town
• The leopard had to do all the work himself
• The gazelle went to check on the plantation and noticed how great it looked and that it was ready to harvest
• He invites his antelope friends and other beasts to come and have a feast
• The leopard goes to check on his plantation and notices that stuff has been eaten so he sets a trap
• The gazelle knew that the leopard would set a trap
• He warns his friends about it but the antelope falls for it anyways
• All of the other friends rush off and the gazelle is not strong enough to rescue the antelope alone
• The leopard comes by and finds the antelope
• The antelope begs not to die
• The leopard kills and eats him anyways to get the gazelles attention
• The gazelle is annoyed with the leopard because he thinks that the leopard should share the food
• The gazelle holds a meeting with all the other animals so they can get revenge on the leopard
• The gazelle and all the others start a dance and the leopard goes to join
• They kill the leopard
• They skin his head
• They send it to the leopards wife and she eats it not knowing it was her husband
• The wife wept and cursed the gazelle

The Gazelle