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Shane frowned and whispered to

his brother “yo bet seh a one a dem boring

spider story she aguh tell wi” his brother

laughed and said “is anancy the spider

name still, nuh worry dawg after this wi can

guh dung a the river”. Grandma Pat heard

when Shane and Shawn was talking about

the river, so instead of telling them about

the regular anancy and brother cow she

decided to scare them with the tales of the

great River Muma.

She fold her torn skirt between her

legs and told them to sit down on two of her

finest stools. She widen her dark brown

eyes, cleared her throat and spoke in a

spooky tone. Twice upon a time and still

now, Shane laughed and said “No dawg I

swear granny a the best storyteller”