Anansi Moss Rock

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Anansi discovers a strange moss-covered rock that knocks senseless anyone who remarks on it, and uses it to rob the other animals of their food, sending each to admire the rock and stealing their share as they lie stunned. But Little Bush Deer, who has watched, leads Anansi to the rock and prompts him to speak the fatal words, and Anansi falls senseless while she empties his stores. Moral: the trap you set for others is laid open for yourself. — Anansi folktale