Anansi Bald Head

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At his mother-in-law's funeral feast, Anansi, too greedy to wait, hides hot beans under his hat to eat in secret. Pressed to remove his hat out of respect, he refuses, sweating and squirming, until the scalding beans force the hat off — and the beans take every hair with them. Moral: greed unmasks itself, and leaves its mark. — Anansi folktale