Anansi and the Christmas Market

It was Christmas, and Anansi had nothing to sell at the market, so he grabbed a red bush. It could have been poison; Anansi didn't know.

People asked Anansi, "What's that bush?"

"I don't know!" he said. 

Then Anansi dropped the bush in a pot of boiling water. The water turned bright red.

"That looks so real!" said the people.

"Let's add sugar," said Anansi. So they added sugar. 

"Looks so real!" they said.

"Let's add ginger!"  They added ginger. 

"Looks so real!"

Then they drank it. "Tastes good!" they said.

Anansi called the so-real drink "sorrel" and got rich.

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Inspired by: Folklore from Contemporary Jamaicans by Daryl C. Dane.

Notes: This is story 9. Sorrel. You can read about Jamaican sorrel punch here: What is Jamaican Sorrel?