Elephant, Spider, and Rabbit were relaxing together one evening.
Elephant had a pipe, but no tobacco.
Spider had tobacco, but no match.
Rabbit had a match.
Elephant told Spider, "Give me the tobacco." Spider handed the tobacco to Elephant.
"I'll give you the match!" said Rabbit, and he gave Elephant the match.
Then Elephant put the tobacco in the pipe and lit it.
All three of them smoked the pipe.
They finished smoking, and Elephant knocked the ashes from the pipe.
A woman emerged from the ashes. A beautiful woman!
To which one of the three does the woman belong?
Inspired by: "The Three Smokers" in Limba stories and story-telling by Ruth Finnegan, 1967.
Notes: You can read the original story online. This Limba story is actually told about three men, but I thought it was such a great story that I decided to retell it with animals.
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