Anans Goes to Lunch

Anansi, a trickster spider, gets a little too greedy in this West African folktale.




Anansí Goes to Lunch is another story from the series of West African folktales about Anansi, the trickster spider. In this story, Anansí is invited to three different parties but realizes that it is not possible to attend all three of the lunches at the same time. He decides to tie a rope around his waist and then gives each of his hosts an end of the rope to tug.

He then asks them to tug the rope when the f...