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Hyena and Hare story

Hare tricks Hyena by stealing millet during famine, Mossi folktale from Burkina Faso.

The Hyena and the Hare: A Mossi Folktale That Teaches Lessons on Cunning and Consequences

Long ago, in the savannas of Burkina Faso, famine swept through the land so harshly that even the strongest trees bent under the cries of the hungry. Families searched the dusty earth for roots, children cried for porridge, and the fires in many hearths went cold. In this desperate season lived two companions, Ba-Katrc the Hyena and Mba-So:imba the Hare.

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