Anansi and Jackass

Anansi was courting a beautiful woman, but her brother beat Anansi and drove him away.

Jackass laughed. "Why would she marry someone like you?"

Anansi decided to trick Jackass. "You are the perfect gentleman!" Anansi said. "She should marry you!"

Jackass was flattered and put on his best clothes. Then he went to the woman, and her brother wasn't there. 

The woman agreed to marry Jackass, and he took her to his stable, where he started to bite and kick her. 

The woman screamed, and Jackass bit her even harder. 

Her brother came and beat Jackass, and Anansi just laughed.

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Inspired by: Lezmore E. Emanuel's story "Jackass' Marriage" as reported in The Caribbean Story Finder by Sharon Barcan Elswit.
Notes: This story is 195 in Elswit's index, from Emanuel's book, Broo Nansi: A Selection of Anansi Stories, and you can find the story online here.