Many years ago, hyenas
were starving. Because of
a famine, even goats,
sheep and cows migrated
to other places. Hyenas
had nothing to eat.
They gathered in one
place to discuss the issue.
One of the hyenas said, "In
our culture, we eat
anything that is fleeing.
Look, these clouds are
fleeing."
This hyena believed that
the clouds were migrating
to another place. He said,
"Let's eat them."
Immediately, all the
hyenas looked up and saw
the clouds moving in the
sky.
One of the youngest
hyenas asked, "How do we
reach the clouds? They are
very far away from the
ground."
The oldest hyena said, "Let
the strongest hyena stand
on the ground and then let
the rest of us stand on
each other's backs. We will
climb on one another's
backs until we reach the
clouds."
They agreed and started
climbing up on one
another's backs.
Soon, there were no more
hyenas left remaining on
the ground except the
strongest one.
After the last hyena
climbed up, the hyena on
the ground thought that
the others had started
eating.
He asked, "Why don't you
give me some of the food
you're eating?"
However, the hyenas did
not reach the clouds.
They didn't find any food
and so they had nothing to
give to the strongest
hyena standing on the
ground.
The strongest hyena
became impatient and
moved to the left side. All
the others came falling
down to the right side.
As a result, even today all
hyenas limp on their right
side.
Megan Petersen -Why hyenas limp
