They say that once, a long time ago, when animals could talk, one boy went with his mother to the stream, taking with him a pipe, which he liked to play in the evenings so that the girls would dance. When the boy returned home, he saw that he had forgotten the pipe by the stream. He wanted to go look for her, but his mother did not allow him, since it was already dark and the hour had come when animals come out of the thicket into open places. But the boy became stubborn and went.
The animals saw that he was going to the stream, and decided to hide in the thicket in order to grab the boy when he went back and eat him. And so, when the boy went home, the animals surrounded him and began to ask what he was doing at such a late hour. The boy replied that he went to the stream to look for his pipe, which he likes to play in the evenings so that the girls can dance. Then the animals told the boy to play for them so that they too could dance. The boy took the pipe and began to play:
Filele, filele
Babamin-oku, fille!
And then the jaguar came out to dance. He danced and danced, became completely exhausted and went into the forest. Then another animal began to dance, then another, and soon all the animals were spinning in a dance. They danced and danced, and then one after another they went into the thicket.
The poor boy was already so tired that he simply could not play anymore. The monkey entered the circle and sang:
Let's play, let's play,
Let's dance, let's dance,
Kitikau, kitikau...
Finally everyone left and only the lamb remained. He walked up to the boy, took the pipe, and drove the boy away. And he started playing. The boy had been home for a long time, but the lamb was still playing.
And the animals in the thicket of the forest really wanted to eat the boy, and they said to each other:
“Brother lamb has been dancing for too long.” Now we’ll eat my brother’s lamb too.
When the lamb got tired of playing, he threw the pipe and ran away. Hearing that it had become quiet, the animals left the thicket, but no longer found anyone: neither the boy nor the lamb.
Translated from Russian · original on wisdomlib.ru