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The Gift of a Cow Tail Switch

A Wes! African Tale

A great warrior did not return from !he hun/. His family gave him up for dead , all except his youngest ehild who each day would ask , "Where is my father? Where is my father?"

The child 's older brothers , who were magicians , fmaUy went fonh to fmd h.im. They came upon his broken spear and a pile of bones. The first son assembled !he bones into a skeleton; the second son put flesh upon the bones; the third son breathed life into the flesh.

The warrior arose and walked into the viUage where there was great celebration. He said , "' will give a flOe gift to the one who has brought me back to life ."

Each one of his sons cried out , "G ive it to me , for' have done the most."

"' will give the gift to my youngest child; said the warrior. "For it is this child who saved my life. A man is never IIUly dead until he is forgotten!"

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