Gorilla wants to make a big war-drum. So he goes into the bush and cuts down a large tree. Then he asks his friends to come and help him bring it into town; but the tree is too heavy for them. Gorilla goes to the river, and asks the fish to help. Nymo hears the request, and says, “My good friends, since you have no feet and the tree is not in the water, I do not see how you can help.” So the fish swim away. Gorilla calls three turtles to help him. All pushing together, they slide the tree along the ground, and bring it into town. Nymo asks the turtles how they are able to move so heavy a tree. “That's our secret,” they say, “and we do not intend to tell you.” Gorilla says, “Since turtles have proved to be the best men in town, I will make ‘big play’ for them.” Gorilla kills three bullocks, and invites to the feast all the animals. Dog is asked to apportion the “chop.” The first thing he does is to eat all the hearts and livers. “If you go on at this rate, there will be nothing left to divide,” say the animals. They ask Cat to apportion. She begins by stealing a hind-quarter and hiding it away for herself. ‘People always say you are a rogue, and now you prove it!” shout the animals. Nymo offers to apportion. He puts the part for Fish and Hook and Line in one bowl, and bids them eat together. Fish refuses, and says, “Hook and Line are my enemies. It is impossible for me to eat with them.” Nymo puts in one bowl the part for Deer and Leopard, and orders them to eat together. “I cannot ‘chop’ with my mortal enemy,” says Deer, leaving his part. The part for Rat and Cat is put in one bowl, and Rat refuses to eat. The apportioning is finished. Since Nymo has given each bowlful to animals enemy to each other, the “chop” lies untouched on the ground. So Nymo takes it all for himself. The animals are very angry. 'Possum says, ‘I will call Wasp and Hornet to come and sting Nymo for robbing us of our ‘chop.””” Wasp and Hornet go to Nymo’s house, one going in by the front door, the other by the back. They sting Nymo so severely, that he rolls on the ground in pain, and cries for help. His relative, Squirrel, hears, and calls Fire to burn the house to destroy Wasp and Hornet. Cat, passing, sees the house in flames. She remembers that Nymo has got all the ‘chop,’ so she decides to help him, in hopes that he will share with her. She calls Rain to put out Fire. All the animals require Nymo to come and “talk the palaver.” They send him into exile. Now they say in Nymo's town, ‘Greed should not be permitted to destroy justice.”