The honeyguide bird looks for beehives. Then he flies to the people. "Che-che-che!" he cries. The people follow where honeyguide leads them. Then they take the honey, while also leaving some for honeyguide as his reward.
You must reward the honeyguide bird.
One time, honeyguide told the people, "Che-che-che!" and they followed him, but he didn't lead them to honey; he led them to a sleeping lion! The lion woke up and roared, and the people were scared and ran away as fast as they could.
"Honeyguide showed us evil today," the people said, "he did not show us honey."
Inspired by: "Segu the Honey Guide " in Black Tales for White Children by C. H. Stigand and Mrs. C. H. (Nancy) Stigand, 1914.
Notes: You can read the original story online. These are stories translated from the Swahili. For more about Stigand, see Wikipedia. The honeyguide is called "Segu" in this story; for more information about the honeyguide bird, see: Audubon.org. The original storyteller does not say just why Segu played this trick on the people, but it sounds like they did not reward him as they should have!
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