- There was the Strong king of Calabar, Nigeria that had a lot of enemies and was very powerful
- Then there was the enemy town Itu who had a witch who can make her self appear as anything she wished
- She transformed into a beautiful young women who the whole town of old town Calabar admired
- The King of Old town fell in love with her and wanted to marry her
- The witch cooked the king a meal that put him to sleep then cut his head off killing the king
- She got away and nobody thought of her as the killer and eventually Itu was able to attack Old Town
- A bush Rat and a bat were friend and always ate together
- The rat asked why the soup the bat made was so good
- The bat told him that he boils himself in his soup because his flesh is sweet
- So the rat went home and tried this out and died in the pot of boiling water
- The wife of the rat was furious and told the king and after that their was a search for the bat
- The Bat then changed his habits and hid in a bush and would only come out at night and never by day after that
Calabar, Nigeria circa 1900
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