The Hyena and the Blind Man

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09/03/2021 Added

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By Abdoul-Kader Issoufou, Niger. One day, a hungry hyena sees a blind man compelling people to give him food, so the hyena begins a quest to learn the magic spell.

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[00:00:07.160]This story is about a Hyena and a blind man.
[00:00:12.860]The hyena was--
[00:00:15.770]she had nothing to eat.
[00:00:18.710]She was so hungry--
[00:00:21.350]She could not take it anymore.
[00:00:25.350]In the street of the village. Every time she passed,
[00:00:29.690]she saw a blind man standing with entrance to
[00:00:34.520]houses, only saying magic
[00:00:38.600]spells, people give him food.
[00:00:42.650]He put in--
[00:00:44.030]he put in his bag until they were packed
[00:00:49.010]The hyena was looking [at] this bag
[00:00:54.680]every where she went,
[00:00:58.610]she was hunted.
[00:01:03.140]she began to look as a blind man.
[00:01:07.190]Every day when the blind man says,
[00:01:10.970]said "lai-la," he was given--
[00:01:15.560]he was given food until his bags were packed
[00:01:20.330]and he goes
[00:01:22.760]home. The hyena said to the blind man,
[00:01:28.610]Hey,
[00:01:30.530]do you want to regain your sight?
[00:01:36.080]the blind man,
[00:01:36.890]said, it is all I ask God to the
[00:01:41.870]master. She said, as far as I'm concerned,
[00:01:47.870]I want to be blind. The hyena added,
[00:01:53.720]Do you want us to make a trade and teach me
[00:01:58.610]Your incantations?
[00:02:01.700]The blind man replied, yes.
[00:02:06.110]I will teach you a magic formula.
[00:02:09.620]So you can ask for
[00:02:14.000]Aliment.
[00:02:17.720]The hyena went blind and the blind man
[00:02:22.700]regained his sight.
[00:02:26.930]The blind man give him the magical formula.
[00:02:32.870]On the first day she recites,
[00:02:36.470]the magic formula and she filled his bag
[00:02:41.360]With food until are full to the brim.
[00:02:47.720]The hyena went to lie down in their hut and
[00:02:52.610]begun to talk. As soon as She started to feel hungry,
[00:02:57.920]she hangs his bag on his shoulders.
[00:03:03.100]she come halfway,
[00:03:06.190]and forgets the formula
[00:03:10.840]It is no longer a new magic formula.
[00:03:15.280]And you couldn't tell who was blind.
[00:03:22.840]She, so she stood there, stupidly.

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