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Anansine’s Funeral

The animals in the trees leaped from branch to

branch making the trees dance as well. Anansine’s

husband started to ‘wile up’ himself like he was not
grieving. Even Mr Cockroach was there, although

he was nearly trampled several times. Suddenly, the

tune changed to, ‘One by One, Two by Two, Three

by Three.’ When Arman heard the tune he said,

“Woeeeeeee! Vincy funeral sweet ohhhhhh!!”
Arman seemed to be losing his mind; he put one

foot on his head and started ‘catching the spirit’.

The procession lasted for another hour and all the

creatures were soaked from top to bottom when

they got to the cemetery. They sang some songs
and prayed, then they started burying Anansine

while they sang ‘Crown her with Roses.’ When the

grave was completely covered, the creatures took

turns to place their flowers and candles as the

other animals hummed a tune.

After the funeral, they went to eat but Arman was

so tired that he couldn’t eat any of the food.