Morocoy: A West Indian folk story from Africa about how morocoy got a cracked shell

Morocoy: A West Indian folk story from Africa about how morocoy got a cracked shell

This story about how morocoy got a cracked shell is a folk story from Nigeria. It is a story about friendship and greed. Morocoy loved the birds and wished that she were one of them They loved her too. When Papa God invited the birds to a party at the top of Mt. El Cerro del Aripo, morocoy wanted to go. The birds felt sorry for her and carried her up to the party, after sticking feathers on her. Unfortunately her bad manners got the better of her in the party and she was only saved from being thrown off the mountain by Papa God, when Corbeau agreed to take her down.
What happened next made morocoy come to appreciate her feathered friends as well as the cracks on her shell.

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This story about how morocoy got a cracked shell is a folk story from Nigeria. It is a story about friendship and greed. Morocoy loved the birds and wished that she were one of them They loved her too. When Papa God invited the birds to a party at the top of Mt. El Cerro del Aripo, morocoy wanted to go. The birds felt sorry for her and carried her up to the party, after sticking feathers on her. Unfortunately her bad manners got the better of her in the party and she was only saved from being thrown off the mountain by Papa God, when Corbeau agreed to take her down.
What happened next made morocoy come to appreciate her feathered friends as well as the cracks on her shell.

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This story about how morocoy got a cracked shell is a folk story from Nigeria. It is a story about friendship and greed. Morocoy loved the birds and wished that she were one of them They loved her too. When Papa God invited the birds to a party at the top of Mt. El Cerro del Aripo, morocoy wanted to go. The birds felt sorry for her and carried her up to the party, after sticking feathers on her. Unfortunately her bad manners got the better of her in the party and she was only saved from being thrown off the mountain by Papa God, when Corbeau agreed to take her down.
What happened next made morocoy come to appreciate her feathered friends as well as the cracks on her shell.

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