I remember a story about a man-spider who was the wisest in his village. He wanted to make sure no one could ever be wiser than he was, so he tried to collect all the world’s knowledge, put it in a gourd, and hang it from a tree where no one could ever reach it. He tried to climb the tree with the gourd hanging from his belly, but it was too heavy, so his son, Kuakuata, suggested carrying it on his back. This enraged the father because he realized he hadn’t collected all the world’s knowledge after all—his son knew something he didn’t! The elders used that story to teach us that you can never
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