The Tortoise Who Borrowed Feathers

The Tortoise Who Borrowed Feathers

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Everybody knows Tortoise tricked the birds and ate the feast in the sky. Parrot has told that story for years. But one evening at the market, Tortoise tells his side, and it changes everything.

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Retold by Itan · About 18 min

Parrot’s version follows the traditional tale told across southern Nigeria, where Tortoise is called Ìjàpá (Yoruba) and Mbe (Igbo). Tortoise’s side of the story is new, written for Itan.

You know this story. Tortoise borrows a feather from every bird, flies to a feast in the sky, calls himself “All of You”, and gobbles up everything. Then GBAM! Down he falls, and his shell cracks forever.

At least, that’s how Parrot tells it.

In Itan’s retelling of the much-loved Nigerian trickster tale, the old story is told the way everyone remembers it, until a very old tortoise with a very cracked shell interrupts: “Ehn-ehn! That is not what happened!” What follows is the side of the story nobody ever asked about: a hungry year, a forest floor full of little ones nobody invited, and a gourd that must not break.

Funny, surprising and full of sound, from fwip-fwap-FWUMP to GBAM!, with a flying song to sing along to. A story about sharing, and about how every story has two sides. Perfect for bedtime and for reading aloud together.

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