The Toad Who Visits His In-Laws

Le crapaud chez ses beaux-parents

Also known as Herr Kröterich zu Besuch bei den Schwiegereltern

Rooted in the oral tale recounted by the Tetela in Sankuru, Democratic Republic of Congo, this story explains how it came to be that the Fox ate the Chicken, the Chicken ate the Termite, the Termite ate the Stick and the Stick ate the Toad, when the Toad arrives at his in-laws’ home and is served a meal with a single spoon, sparking off a terrible row!