King Leopard has near his town a grove of kola-trees. From one of them he forbids the animals to gather nuts, and he hides Snail in the tree to watch. Monkey passes, sees the nuts, and decides to disobey Leopard. When he jumps into the tree, Snail pushes him down. He breaks one arm and a leg. Leopard arrives and devours him. "Possum creeps out of the bush after sundown, and crawls up the tree to get the nuts. Snail knocks him down senseless, and Leopard devours him too. All the animals follow, and all are eaten up by Leopard. Tortoise only remains. He climbs the tree. Snail throws him down, but his shell protects him in falling. Leopard rushes up, but finds a strong, hard shell on the back of Tortoise, and, turning him over, another on his belly. "I don’t want to eat him, anyhow," says Leopard. "There is a good reason; you can't," retorts Tortoise. So people began to say that, of all the animals in the bush, Tortoise alone does not fear Leopard.