Reading Notes: Africa (Congo) Part B

This week I read The Three Brothers from the African Unit. This story is by Richard Edward Dennett and came out of Congo!

Three Boys Source

 -This story starts off with a woman who gives birth to triplets! (Oh my sweetness!)
-The woman decided she could not take care of them so she sets them in tall grass and walks away (seriously?!)
-The babies somehow survive the newborn stage and as toddlers go exploring for food.
-The come across a bounty of food, including bananas, but are afraid to eat it!
-The are situated next to a river and the River Spirtit tells them that it is okay to eat and that they should.
-The 3 boys eat the food and love it!
-Because they have found food they are able to grow up strong and build houses
-The river spirit gives them wives and so eventually the 3 brothers create a town as they reproduce!
-One day a man stumbled upon the town and PLOT TWIST! ITS THE BOYS FATHER!
-The father runs back to their mother and tells them he found them, but she cannot go the entire way to see them
-The brothers now stumble upon a woman (their mother) and go off to kill her!
-The River spirit saves their butts again and tells them that she is their mother and to protect her and nurture her!
-The boys nurture her and they live together in the town!

-This would be a fun story to write about this week if I wasn't already writing the one I planned for last week! Bummer!