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“The Blue and Red Coat” is an African folktale about wisdom. This Folktale is from
Nigeria. It has an interesting and fun message for anyone!
Once there were two boys who were great friends, and they were determined to remain
other. There was a small path that formed a border between their farms.
and the other side was blue.
The trickster wore this coat and walked along the narrow path between the houses of
made enough noise as he passed them to make sure that each of them would look up and
see him passing.
man was wearing today?”
“No”, the other replied. “It was a blue coat.”
“You are wrong!” said the other man, “I saw it too, and it was blue.”
began to beat each other and roll around on the ground.
Just then, the trickster returned and faced the two men, who were punching and kicking
The trickster walked directly in front of them, and showed them his coat. He laughed at
of you are wrong, and both of you are right. Yes, what each one saw was true. You are
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