Once upon a time, humans and all animals were living together in a gigantic town, wherein man was always the king and key decider of every decision. They were living together in peace, and no quarrel of any form.
During the period, both man and animal were communicating fluently in words. All animals could speak clearly like man.
The love in the town was enormous. The animals were contented with the leadership styles of the king. The king even appointed some animals into his cabinet as chiefs. Namely, Lion, Tortoise, Goat, and Elephant.
"I want to say it clearly, that any success I record on this throne is due to the supports of all of you, chiefs", the King applauded.
"Yes, Your Highness, our success is a collective one, and vice versa", Otunba, one of the chiefs responded.
"Of course, Your Highness, you have given all of us the privilege to participate in this wonderful regime, and that's the secret of our success", Mr. Goat responded.
"Mr. Goat has always been a smart chief in this palace, especially with his smart contributions," another human chief said.
"I want to commend our king for the opportunity given to us, animals, to participate in the governance of this Kingdom. As the Jagun-jagun of this Kingdom, I'm always ready to give my best whenever I have the opportunity", Mr. Lion assured.
"I have listened to all of you, and I really appreciate your passion for the progress of this Kingdom. As we are bringing this meeting to a close, I want to assure you that I will always be strongly responsible in my duties, as your king," the King promised.
_"Kaaaabiyesi oooo"_ , they hailed in unison, as the meeting was brought to a close.
Many years later, a great famine sprang up in the town. It was so terrible that every inhabitant, including the king was becoming tinner by the day. The king had made so many efforts to address the situation, but all his efforts were fruitless.
Also, the chiefs, including the animals had brought up so many ideas, but none of them was productive.
The king later decided to hold a secret meeting with his human chiefs, and left the animal chiefs uninvited. As the meeting was ongoing, Mr. Tortoise, who was on his way to the palace for a crucial discussion, 'glued' to the wall of the palace when he suspected a conspiracy, and overheard the king and his human chiefs discussions.
"Now that we have concluded to start killing the animals for food, let's be secretive, so that the animals would not hear about it", the king concluded and advised.
"Yes, kabiyesi", they responded in unison.
"The system we are going to adopt now is to be killing them in the night while sleeping", the king added.
"Yes, yes, kabiyesi, you are very correct", the chiefs agreed at once.
As Mr. Tortoise heard it, he quickly 'disappeared' from the palace premises, and started visiting each of the animals, informing them of the coming danger.
The animals quickly called an emergency meeting at Mr. Lion's house. It was a very complex meeting that lasted till night. Some suggested that the animals should confront men whenever they appeared to carry out their planned attack, while some advised that they must never try that, sensing that men would come with all sorts of weapons to demolish them.
But as the meeting progressed, the animals' confidence were becoming stronger. This time, they were ready to attack all men in their number, starting from the king. Some hours into the meeting, Mr. Goat took permission, that he wanted to go and defecate, and he was allowed. Immediately he left the meeting venue, he ran to the palace, and revealed all the plans of the animals to the king. The king thanked him very much, and then promised to give him some valuable gifts the following day.
Meanwhile, in those days, there was a huge power bestowed upon the king, such that whatever he pronounced to the deities, would be instantly established. The king speedily swung into action, by shouting profusely to the deities to please seize the voices of all the animals, so that confusion would enter into their camp, and they won't be able to continue with their meeting. Instantly, their voices were seized, and they were unable to talk again. Confusion and frustration became the order of the day.
Since they could no longer continue their meeting, and due to the fear of being killed by man, some of the animals abandoned their houses and ran into the busy for safety. The likes of Lion, Tiger, Antelope, and so on fell to this category. That is why some animals have 'pitched their tent' in the bush, till today. However, others preferred to stay in the town and be running for their lives whenever they set eyes on man, rather than going to live in the bush where there is no guarantee of food.
But as for Mr. Goat, he felt betrayed, and rushed to the palace in fury. When he got to the palace, though couldn't talk again, he started showing terrible display of anger. The king too became angry, and instructed his guards to get Goat arrested, gather two hundred and fifty women to urinate in a very wide container, and then pour it on Mr. Goat's head and entire body.
Women were hastily gathered as instructed, and collection of their urines was poured on Mr. Goat. That is why Mr. Goat is terribly smelling till today. As he was about to be killed, he struggled to escape. He thereafter decided not not go into the bush like some of his friends, but vowed to remain in the town and be tormenting man; stealing his food, breaking his glass, pouring his soup away, and so on. That is why, till today, Mr. Goat and his family have remained so stubborn and troublesome to man.
THE END!!
Note that every content of this story is a product of Odunayo Ogunmodede's idea and creative thinking, and no section of it was extracted from any previous work.
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