Long ago, Wildcat was Rooster's slave; she was terrified of Rooster because of the fiery weapon on his head.
Then, one day Wildcat had to go to Rooster's house to get fire. She found Rooster lying on the floor in a drunken stupor. Not daring to wake her master, she gently touched some dry grass to the fire on his head... nothing happened.
Then Wildcat cautiously reached out her paw: no fire, no heat, nothing.
So Wildcat pounced on Rooster and devoured him. She was no longer Rooster's slave.
That's why roosters live in human villages, fearing the angry wildcats.
Inspired by: "No Longer Fear the Cock's Comb" in African folk tales by Roger Abrahams, 1983.
Notes: You can read the original story online. This is a Baganda story from Uganda. In the original story, the Wildcat sends her cub for fire, but it made the story shorter and easier to tell just to focus on Wildcat herself.
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