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Uganda Special Ops Commander asks Turkey for $1B and a wife

https://www.sozcu.com.tr/saskin-ugandali-turkiye-den-1-milyar-dolar-ve-es-istedi-p309447

Kainerugaba, son of the President of Uganda and Commander of the Special Ops, said they would cut off all diplomatic relations within 30 days if their problems were not resolved, by attempting to threaten Turkey.

Supporting Israel, he stated that the army was ready. He described Israel as "Holy Land". He expressed that he demands $1B and the most beautiful woman in Turkey as a wife.

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EP 329: Getting Even in Gomba; The Dog And The Leopard; The Leopard, The Hare, And The Monkey (Baskerville)

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Getting Even in Gomba 

There was a battle going on around the village of Gomba. 

In the village there was a lame man who had never walked. Every morning he was carried out into the sunny courtyard and every evening he was carried back to his house; but the battle was raging, and no one remembered the lame man. As he lay in his house he saw a blind man passing by, and a sudden thought struck him. He called to the blind man: 

“Come here, my friend, I have something important to tell you.” The blind man groped his way with his long stick till he stood before the lame man, who said: 

“Listen, my friend, no one has remembered us during the battle, and assuredly we shall die, you who are blind, and I who am lame; but I have a plan; Take me on your back, and we will escape from the village. I will be eyes to you, and you shall be feet to me.” 

The blind man agreed to the plan and hoisted the lame man on his back, and they escaped from Gomba. When they reached safety the blind man said : ” Give me a reward, for I have saved your life.” 

But the lame man said, ” Not so, it was I who saved yours.” They spoke hot and angry words to each other, and at last they decided to take the case to the Chief’s Council. But when the Chief heard it, he said: There is no case; the lame man was eyes to the blind, and the blind man was feet to the lame, both have saved their lives, which in itself is a great reward. The words are finished.” 

And now this has become a proverb in Uganda. When two men quarrel and both of them are in the right (or in the wrong) the people say, ” It is a case of the Quits of Gomba.” 

The End

THE DOG AND THE LEOPARD 

Once upon a time a leopard who had several cubs hired a dog to be a nurse to them, but she was very unkind to the dog, who was miserable. The dog was always thin and hungry, she only ate what was left over when the leopard and her cubs had finished a meal, and that was never much. One day when the leopard was out visiting, and the dog was left at home with the cubs, she found some bones in a corner  and fell upon them ravenously. One of the cubs crept up to look, and a bone hit him in the eye and put the eye out. When the dog saw what she had done she was very frightened and ran away into the forest. She ran on until she came to the house of the old wizard, and then she thought, “I will go and have my fortune told.” 

So she went into the house and told the wizard what had happened. Now, the old wizard told fortunes by cards, and his cards were bits of buffalo hide, sewn over with cowry shells and beads. He got them out of his goatskin bag and was just going to tell the dog’s fortune when he saw the leopard coming down the forest path, and he whispered to the dog: 

“There is the leopard coming, climb up into that basket which hangs from the roof and lie very still.” 

So the dog climbed up into the basket in which the wizard kept the bananas he was ripening for beer, and lay quietly down. In a few minutes the leopard arrived, and poured out her story to the wizard. “Tell my fortune,” she said, “that I may know if I shall catch my enemy.” The wizard took out his cards and spoke.” You will catch your enemy in the spring rains, if she goes out in the rain you will catch her. In the sunshine she will be safe, the rain will be her downfall. I speak to those that are above, I speak to those that are below, let her who has ears hear, let her who hears understand.” The leopard thanked the wizard and gave him a beautiful white hen as a present, and went away home to her cubs. When the dog came down from the basket the wizard asked: 

“Did you understand my warning ?” And the dog said, “I understood, sir; I will never go out in the rain.” 

The months passed, and one day when the dog was out in the forest a heavy shower came on. The spring rains had begun. The dog ran in the direction of home, but suddenly she saw an anthill by the road side from which the ants were beginning to fly. The dog stopped for a moment to eat a few, and then, as the succulent creatures poured out of the anthill, she lapped them up with her tongue and forgot all about the wizard’s warning, and did not see the leopard creeping down the path. The leopard sprang upon the dog and killed her. 

And from that day leopards and dogs are enemies, and a constant battle rages between the tribes, for the leopards remember how a dog blinded a cub, and the dogs remember the vengeance of the mother leopard in the spring rains. 

The End

THE LEOPARD, THE HARE, AND THE MONKEY 

Once upon a time a leopard and a hare lived together in one house. One day the leopard said, “Let us go to the village and steal goats.” The hare did not want to steal a goat, but he wanted the leopard to go and bring some meat, so he thought of a trick, and agreed to what the leopard said. They started out in opposite directions, but the hare soon doubled back and followed the leopard who crept up the hillside towards a goat which was grazing by itself, and sprang upon it. Then the hare shouted, and the leopard, thinking the goatherds had seen him, dropped the goat and ran away. 

The hare dragged the goat under some bushes, and after waiting till all was safe and quiet, took it home. The leopard was very surprised and rather sulky. When the meat was nearly cooked the hare went outside the house and shouted. The leopard thought the herds men had followed them, and he dashed out, and fled to the forest, and did not return till the morning, by that time the hare had eaten up all the meat, but he told the leopard that the herdsmen had come and taken it all away. 

This happened several times, till a monkey, who had watched them, told the leopard of the hare’s trick, and that evening, instead of running to the forest, he only ran a little way and came back, and found the hare just sitting down to feast. Although he was very frightened, the hare managed to slip past the leopard and jumped into an anthill which had a large hole in the top. He crouched down and was just out of reach of the leopard’s paw. The ants make their home of very hard red earth, so that no storms or rain can wash it away, and the leopard knew better than to risk breaking all his claws trying to dig out the hare, so he shouted: 

Foolish creature, I will fill up the hole with fire and burn you inside it; do not think you shall escape my vengeance.” He called to a crow who was sitting on a tree nearby, “Come and guard my prisoner while I collect firewood.” 

But the crow never does anything for any one, he is too disagreeable; and besides, he did not see why the hare should be burnt in the anthill, so he answered: “I can’t sit in the sun, the dust gets into my throat and makes me hoarse. I can’t guard your prisoner, find someone else.” Just then the monkey who had told the leopard of the hare’s trick came along. 

“Oh, my dear friend!” said the leopard, “come and guard the wicked hare who you helped me to catch. I am going to burn him in the anthill.” 

So the monkey sat on the top of the anthill while the leopard went to collect firewood. 

As the monkey sat there he heard the hare munching something. “What are you eating?” he asked. 

“The white ants are swarming, and I am eating them as they come up,” said the hare. “I have never eaten such beautiful ants, they are a miracle of creation.” 

“Give me some,” said the monkey, “Lean down into the hole,” said the hare. “I bear no malice, and he who eats alone has no joy. I will give you a handful.” The monkey leant down into the hole, and the hare threw a handful of dust up into his eyes. The monkey sprang back and rolled off the anthill, and the hare jumped out of the hole and ran away. The crow, sitting on a nearby branch, laughed until his throat ached. The monkey wiped the dust out of his eyes and looked ruefully at the anthill. 

“What shall I do when the leopard returns?” he asked the crow. 

“Put colocynth seeds into the hole,” said the crow, ” and put some rubbish on them, and tell the leopard you have begun to build a fire for him.” 

So the monkey did this, and when the leopard came back with the firewood, he piled it up over the hole and they set it alight. A colocynth seed gave a loud pop! 

“What is that?” said the leopard. 

“One of his eyes is burnt,” said the monkey solemnly. 

Another seed gave a pop! “That’s his other eye” croaked the crow. But now the seeds were all thoroughly hot, and they all began popping together, and the crow burst out laughing, and the monkey swung himself up into the tree and laughed until his sides ached, while the leopard fumed with rage, for he knew the monkey was playing some trick. He had to wait until the fire burnt out and the smoke blew away before he could look down into the hole, and then he saw only ashes and twigs and knew that the hare had escaped. 

And from that day leopards have hated monkeys, and kill them if they meet them in the forest ; and the monkeys sleep high up in the trees among the branches that are too slender to bear the leopard’s weight, if he should think of climbing up in the night when he goes out hunting. 

The End

Source: ⁠The flame tree and other folk-lore stories from Uganda by Baskerville, Rosetta Gage (Harvey)

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Tutkimus antaa lisätietoa, miten konfliktit voivat syntyä alku­kantai­simmissa yhteisöissä.

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