 Hello my name is Sandra and I'm here joining you as part of the British Library's Digital Storytelling session. I'm going to tell you a story all about a trickster, somebody called Anansi. In the British Library we have many stories featuring Anansi the spider. If I say crick you need to say crack. Shall we do that? Crick, crack, crick, crack. Well done. Are you sitting comfortably? Then I'll begin. Anansi was very hungry. There's a great hunger in the land, a great famine and nobody had anything to eat. Anansi was sad. One day his cousin visited and Anansi looked at him and thought he looks so good. How come he looks so good and we all look so bad? What's going on? So when his cousin finished his visit and left Anansi followed him. His cousin didn't take the usual path home, instead he went down to the river and then Anansi who was sorry from a safe distance stopped and saw that he had stopped by a tree and he had looked left and right and right again and then his cousin pulled out a pot, placed the pot on the ground and to the pot he said these words. Boil, pot, boil. Can you repeat those words for me please? Boil, pot, boil. And the strangest thing happened. There was no filing, there was nothing put into the pot and Anansi could see that the pot was beginning to bubble and boil, boil and bubble and out of the pot was coming the most delicious smells and what was going on and then he saw his cousin do the strangest thing yet. He began to take food out of the pot and began to eat and eat as he realised something. His cousin had a magic cooking pot but Anansi had to have that pot. He had to have it. So when his cousin had finished he placed the pot back in its secret hiding place and went away. But then Anansi went to the pot, took it out from the secret hiding place and said the words. Can you remember what the words were? Let's say it together. Boil, pot, boil. And once again the pot began to boil and bubble, bubble and boil and Anansi, all the smell, oh it was so lovely, it was so delicious. Anansi began to eat and eat and eat and eat and eat and eat from the pot and always he was so full he rested and then he ate some more. Then he decided I'm taking this pot home with me and so he put it on his back and he was bouncing down the road thinking of all the delicious food he was going to have. When he got home his children came running. Daddy, daddy, what's that on your back? Help me, help me get it off. But they tried. They pulled and tunked, tunked and pulled by the pot when it moved. Daddy, come get it off. You're back. We can't move it. What do you have here? You see the pot was indeed getting heavier and heavier. His wife Cookie came out and she said, what's that on your back? What's going on? Please get it off me, please get it off me. And that debate where he didn't know what to do and she and the children tucked and pulled pulled and tunked the pot when it moved still. What's going on? The cousin, one of the children ran as quick as they could, as fast as they could and they went to get the cousin. When the cousin came, oh you got the pot. Yes, get it off me. I can't believe you can't. It doesn't really belong to me. It's a thing we belong to. The wise old woman. The wise old woman, did you ask for it? Not exactly to the cousin. I borrowed it. The wise old woman was called and when she came she was not pleased. Now this is what she does now. You all follow me? She folds her arms like so. She looked at him with one BDI like so. And another BDI like so. And she waxes her finger like so. And she said, so Nancy, you have my pot. I didn't know it was yours. Your pot. Please, please, please forgive me. He begged and begged and begged. I'm not sure I can. Oh please forgive me, please, please. But he begged so hard and so long said, all right. If you can answer my riddle, I will remove the pot. But if you can't, you have to come and work for me for a very long time. Now Nancy had no choice. He had to try to answer the riddle. And so he said, all right, what is your riddle? And this is the riddle, she said. Ready? Ready me D, ready me that. What is sweet water that stands firm? I have no idea. What is sweet water that stands firm? Do any of you know what is sweet water that stands firm? I'll give you a few seconds to have a think. Four, five. Anybody know? Why, I think I'm hearing it. I think some of you do. The answer to the riddle is sugarcane. Well, unfortunately, the Nazi didn't know the answer. But the wind did. And the wind whispered, sugarcane into his ear. No sooner had a Nazi said sugarcane, the pot tumbled off his back. He was so happy. The old woman said, ha, you're lucky. And she picked up a pot and she was on her way. But the Nazi always the cheeky one said, excuse me. Before you go, could I have a bit more food? No, she said learn to cook food. And that is why to this day, we all have to cook food. Now I know that pot is out there somewhere. I have been looking for it for the longest while. If you ever find it, we'll let you know. But not only does it do all the cooking, it does the washing up as well. If I say why a Ben, you say story end. Why a Ben, story end. Why a Ben, story end. If you've enjoyed that story, check out Discovering Children's book. And you'll find many other Nazi stories by the wonderful James Berry, illustrated by Joseph Volova. Please check them out. And can you write a story about somebody who is very crafty? Somebody's a bit of a trickster. Maybe you can add a riddle or two to your story. Please. What adventures can you take up on with them? Check out Discovering Children's book and let us see your wonderful stories at the British Library. My name is Sandra. Thank you for sharing my story. Goodbye. Goodbye.