Hello, Malanding, very interesting. Maybe he got the wrong idea? I mean, "teach her a lesson" could mean many things. It could have meant, "teach her a lesson in kindness, humility, humbleness, etc.", although in this case, he took it to mean otherwise. Very interesting. Ginny On 12/2/05, Malanding Jaiteh <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Brothers Habib and Musa, > Just reminds me of a common Mandinka morale. The "Kamramo Baa"(the > teacher) and his "Karanding" (student). It is said that each time the > student and the young wife had a problem the teacher will advice him to > do just like he does and teach her a lesson which the student understood > to mean beat her up. The students hardline approach to obeying the > Karamo Baa's advice soon led to near breakdown of his young marriage. > What he could not understand was that despite the Karamo Baa's > no-nonesense full-of-terror attitude during the day, it was all giggle > and soft-talking in his hut at night. > During one of his teach-her-a-lesson tantrums, the student's neighbor (a > Musu kebbaring for that matter- an old woman) asked why he behaves the > way he does with his young wife. Of course the explanation is that he > was following exactly what his Karamo Baa dictated, that is teach the > wife a lesson. The old woman asked him the student to come to her house > after the Karamo Baa has gone to bed and that she has the right Boro > (medicine) for the young wife's ailment. > The young Karanding could not wait for the Karamo Baa to bid him good > night. He raised to the old lady's hut for the medicine. The old lady > led the Karanding to a peephole in the Karamo Baa's hut and asked the > Karanding to see for himself how why it is all giggle and soft talk in > Karamo Baa's hut every night. > > The Karamo Baa all dressed up giving the wife a piggy back ride! > > I guess the billion dollar question is did the Karamo Baa deliberately > mislead the Karanding with his teach-her-a-lesson instruction or the > Karanding read too much into it? > > Have a great Friday. > > Malanding > > ���������������������������������������������������������� > To unsubscribe/subscribe or view archives of postings, go to the Gambia-L > Web interface > at: http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/archives/gambia-l.html > > To Search in the Gambia-L archives, go to: > http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/CGI/wa.exe?S1=gambia-l > To contact the List Management, please send an e-mail to: > [log in to unmask] > ���������������������������������������������������������� > -- Visit my blog at: http://quickgm28.blogs.com/ginnys_thoughts_and_thing/