The Tortoise and the Cracking Shell (Igbo)
Mbe the Tortoise was once a bird with a beautiful smooth shell, but his greed and vanity led to his downfall. When the birds of the sky were invited to a great feast in heaven, Tortoise persuaded them to lend him feathers so he could fly and join them. At the feast, he tricked the heavenly hosts into giving him the choicest foods by claiming the name 'All of you' was his. When the hosts served food 'for all of you,' Tortoise ate everything. The angry birds retrieved their feathers from Tortoise and left him stranded in heaven. Tortoise convinced the heavenly hosts to throw him down to earth, b