Reading Notes: West Africa - King Chameleon and the Animals

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Reading Notes: 

• This one is a very easy choice and will be my story to retell for the Week. The photo may give some context on why this story immediately became my favorite, as I could sense me retelling it quickly after reading 
• Read about African Chameleon's here: Source

1. The animals lived free with no rule: however, wicked acts called for this
2. Animals all met and decided they must choose a king
3. Issue was how to choose him, but many didn't want lion or wolf to be the king 
4. Decided to have a race to an ancient stool by a tree that was their god's abode
5. Day of the race all came and the race started
6. Hare outran everyone by a long shot
7. As the hare took a seat in the stool the sneaky chameleon leaped on first, disguised as the color of the hares tail 
8. Other animals arrived and saw that the chameleon had won (hare was furious to see he had been tricked
9. All the animals didn't want the chameleon as their king, so they all scattered
10. Chameleon was devastated and said to himself "A king without subjects is no king at all" 

- Very easy to choose how to retell and can be described in two words: Regional Manager

West African Folktales: King Chameleon and The Animals by William H. Barker and Cecilia Sinclair, with drawings by Cecilia Sinclair (1917).