An Example of Aetiological / Why / Explanatory Narrative in Oral Literature
Listen to what naughty hyena who had gone two days without any meat did.
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An Example of Aetiological / Why / Explanatory Narrative in Oral Literature
Aetiological/Why/Explanatory Narrative: Why Hyenas no Longer Talk Read the narrative below and answer the questions that follow. (20 marks) Long, long time ago animals and birds spoke just like men do. When God had to stop them speaking, he made birds sin, like this chrrip! Chrrip……… Lions to roar like this graagh! Graagh! And hyenas to howl like this huuu! Huuu! And do you blame God? Listen to what naughty hyena who had gone two days without any meat did. He had been wondering up and down the hills when he suddenly stopped, nose in the air, one foot raised. Do I smell, eh…………smell food? He slowly raised his head to the skies as if to say, “Please God, let me find some food, even one rotting bone will do.” Slowly, he followed the smell, sniffing hard, stopping now and again, over grinning wider as the smell became stronger. “Here at last”, He said as he came in sight of a calf that seemed dead, flies buzzing over its excrement. “God, no time to waste. Who knows the owner may be aroun…
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