Page 33 - Storytime (November 2019)

Mother Thunder grew so frustrated One day, a villager upset Lightning.

with her son’s bad behaviour, she The young ram became so enraged,

shouted at him, pleading for him to he raced through the village crackling

stop. “Come back here now!” she qbna ^olsҫ Qabm nbg]Ү a] m]n Ƅl] ni

rumbled. “Look at the mess you’re sheds, fences and even houses – he

making. Stop embarrassing yourself!” struck anything that got in his way.

Mother Thunder’s shouts were so Mother Thunder chased after him,

loud, the whole village shook and bellowing and scolding him to stop.

shuddered. People ran into their The villagers cowered and covered

houses, fearing for their lives. na]bl ]Xlmҫ Qa]s q]l] n]llbƄ]\ҫ

What made it worse was that her When Lightning calmed down again,

[lb]m gX\] hi \bƂ]l]h[] Xn Xee ni his neighbours decided they couldn’t

Lightning’s behaviour. He was raging stand it any longer and went to the

around too much to hear her! king to complain.

DID YOU KNOW?

This story comes from the Ibibio people – one of the earliest people to settle

in south-eastern Nigeria and possibly Africa. The ruler of the Ibibio people

was once known as Obong Ikpaisong, which means ‘King of the Principalities

of the Earth’. Today Ibibio villages are run by groups of elders instead.