Jambo, jambo, and welcome to The Tortoise Had a Plan. I am Baraka, and if you can hear this little drum, it means a story is about to begin. Today we are going to Nigeria, where the birds have been invited to a feast in the sky. A feast in the sky! Every bird is practising its best manners. And who comes crawling up to them, slow and smiling? Tortoise. Tortoise cannot fly, but Tortoise has a plan. He always has a plan. He asks each bird for one feather. Just one. What could possibly go wrong? Listen carefully for Parrot, because Parrot remembers everything, and at the end I will ask you whether the birds should have forgiven him. Sit close, hands on your knees, and let the drum start. You are listening on Witspeak Podcasts, where the animals do the talking.