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T h e A f r i c a n people in Rho desia (both parents and chil dren) love stories. When they sit around their fires in the evening, they tell many interest ing tales. They especially like to tell the ones about animals. Missionaries like the African stories, too. They often tell stories when they are teaching or preach ing. This helps the people to un derstand and remember some of the things God has told us in the Bible. The African people know all about crocodiles in the rivers and hungry flies that seem to be every where. That’s why this is one o f the favorite stories I tell them. Would you like to hear it, too? This is the story o f the clever crocodile and the foolish flies. The crocodile lives in the Zambezi River with different kinds o f fish, a big hippopotamus or two, and many other crocodiles. The river is 2,200 miles long, and it flows over the beautiful Victoria Falls. David Livingstone, the great missionary, explored this river many years ago. Did you know that the crocodile
is a very clever animal ? He knows how to fool other animals and get himself a meal without even work ing. First, he waddles out o f the wa ter onto the sandy beach and set tles himself for a nap in the sun with his mouth wide open. The crocodile lies very still. The sun dries his rough skin and warms him up. Soon he is fast asleep. In Africa there are many, many flies. A few of these flies are clev er, but most of them are very foolish. The flies come buzzing along the beach. They see the crocodile asleep with his mouth open, and they think he is dead. One foolish fly says to the rest, “ Look, fellows, we’re in luck to day. Here is a dead crocodile for our dinner, and his mouth is wide open. Come on, let’s have a feast!” So the foolish flies swarm into the crocodile’s mouth and begin to eat. They have a big time. But while the foolish flies are eating in the crocodile’s mouth, a few wise flies are buzzing around the crocodile and looking him over. They soon realize that the crocodile isn’t really dead but only THE KING'S BUSINESS
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