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Why Cats Kill Rats African folktale is a folklore story about love, betrayal and murder. African Folktale Why Cats Kill Rats  Ansa was King of Calabar for fifty years.  He had a very faithful cat as a housekeeper, and a rat was his house-boy.  The king was an obstinate, headstrong man, but was very fond of the cat, who had been in his store for many years. The rat, who was very poor, fell in love with one of the king's servant girls, but was unable to give her any presents, as he had no money. At last he thought of the king's store, so in the night-time, being quite small, he had little difficulty, having made a hole in the roof, in getting into the store. He then stole corn and pears, and presented them to his sweetheart. At the end of the month, when the cat had to render her account of the things in the store to the king, it was found that a lot of corn and pears were missing. The king was very angry at this, and asked the cat for an explanation. But the cat could n

Zulu is the language of the Zulu people with well over 9 million speakers most of whom are in South Africa. Zulu is one of South Africa's eleven official languages since 1994. Below are 20 easy Zulu words with their English phonetic pronunciation: Buya [bu-ja] -Come back Cela [ne-la]- To wish iGoli [e-go ː li]- Soil ihembe [e:him:mbe]- Bed isibili [is:see:bill ː li]- Bead Khala [ka-la]- To cry Khuluma [ku-lu-ma] -To speak Kulula [gu-lu-la] -It’s easy Lapha [la-pa] -Here Lapho [la-po] -There Lutho [lu-to]- Nothing Moja! [mo-ts-cha] -Cool Nini [ni-ni] -When Phuza [pu-sa] -To drink Sawubona [Sa-u-bu-o-na] - Hello Suka [su-ga] -To go away Thanda [tan-da] - To love Thi [ti] -To say Uju [oo ː jew]- Jump Yami [ja-mi] -My You cannot know the good within yourself if you cannot see it in others - Zulu Proverb Zulu Beer Strainer and Skimmer is also known as a Isikhetho Zulu People Afr