Pack your bags, explorers! Today we’re heading to West Africa to meet a very hungry, very clever spider named Anansi. When Anansi eats a little too much watermelon and gets stuck, he has to use his best jokes to trick an Elephant, a Hippo, and even a King to get free. Get ready for a story full of giggles and a very cheeky trickster!

This story is a traditional Anansesem (spider story) from the Akan people of West Africa, primarily modern-day Ghana.

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