M112A. The turtle grabs the thief .10.-.13.

Animals take turns protecting water or food, or using water. The deceiver takes what he needs or prevents others from letting others in. A turtle, toad or frog is more cunning than a deceiver and grabs him. See Motive M112.

Hottentots, ila, tonga, ronga, nyanja, lamba, tete (nyungwe?) , ndau, kimbundu, suto, xhosa, kamba, kikuyu, nyamwezi, isanzu, Comorians, Matumbi, Sakata, ikom, Banen, Ngindu, Sanye.

SW Africa. Hottentots: Klipple 1992 [animals build a mound to allow water to gather inside; the jackal refuses to work, but comes to drink and swim; the turtle smears glue, the jackal sticks to it; asks shave his tail, grease him, then hit his head against a rock; a hyena tries to do it and the jackal runs away]: 35; St. Lys 1916 [in drought, a lion calls a baboon, a leopard, a hyena, a jackal, a hare and a turtle to dig a well; the jackal refuses to work, and when the well is filled with water, he comes to drink and swim; the baboon remains on guard; the jackal promises to give him honey, he allows himself to be tied; the jackal bathes, does not give the baboon honey, hits it with a stick; next time the turtle smears the shell with glue, hides in the water, the jackal thinks it's a stone, sticks, tries to beat, bite the turtle, sticks even more tightly; the turtle brings the jackal to the animals, the lion sentences him to death; agrees that the jackal himself propose the type of execution; the jackal: shave the tail, grease it, take the hyena by the tail and, untwisted, hit his head against the stone; the tail slips out of the hyena's hands, the jackal runs away, the lion chases; the jackal pretends to hold the rock ready to fall; asks the lion to hold it, goes to bring the pole himself; disappears]: 59-63.

Bantu-speaking Africa. Ila [Turtle]: Smith, Dale 1920, No. 18:394-398; Tonga [Turtle]: Radin 1952, No. 30:123-128; ronga [The hare did not clean the well with everyone else, she was forbidden to use water ; The gazelle was left as a watchman, the Hare gave her honey to allow her legs to be tied; took water; told Antelope that the Hare had defeated her; the same with Antelope, Buffalo, Behemoth; the Toad hid in the water , grabbed Hare; they wanted to execute her, but she ran away]: Junod s.a., No. 4:72-74; tsonga [frog]: Junod 1927:256-258; Nyanja: Holland 1916 [The turtle suggests digging a watering hole; The hare refuses to work with others; the rhino is left by the watchman not to let the Hare go to the watering hole; the hare offers him honey, tells him to put his head in a vessel, ties him, drinks water; the same with the Elephant and others animals; The turtle hides in the water, grabs the Hare by the paw; lets the Elephant hold, the Hare escapes, pretends to be a stick by the river; the Elephant says that he would kill the Hare with this stick, throws it across the river; the hare again becomes a Hare, runs away]: 135-136; Klipple 1992 [only the rabbit manages to stomp water from the ground; the elephant is furious, forbid rabbits to use the pond; the first to guard; the rabbit brings honey promises the elephant, he allows himself to be tied, the hare uses water; the turtle offers to smear it with glue; the rabbit thinks it's a stone, steps and sticks]: 98-99; ndau [Turtle]: Boas, Simango 1922, No. 4:162-164; suto [in drought, animals dig a well; the jackal refuses to work; the rabbit is left as a guard to prevent the jackal from using water; the jackal gives the rabbit some honey promises more if he lets himself be bound; he does not give honey, drinks water; the same with a hare and a hyena; the turtle does not respond to the jackal's greeting, he kicks her, she grabs her leg and holds it until others arrive animals; jackal breaks out, runs away, animals praise the turtle]: Dutton 1923:96-98 (retelling in Klipple 1992:36); scythe [during a drought, an elephant tells us to build a stone rampart around the pool where it will gather rainwater; the jackal refuses to work; when the water fills the pool, goes to drink, bribing the animals left to guard with honey; the turtle smears the shell with glue, hides in the water, the jackal steps on it, hits, sticks; gets killed]: Klipple 1992:35, 97; lamba [Turtle]; aunt (nyungve?) [Turtle]: Klipple 1992:98; kamba [Turtle]: Lindblom 1928, No. 13:29-39 (translated to Zhukov, Kotlyar 1976, No. 80:196-200, in Okhotina 1962:231-236); kikuyu [Turtle]: Gagnolo 1953, No. 28:125 -128 (=Ohotina 1962:203-208); Nyamwezi [frog]: Spellig 1929, No. 3:237-239; isanzu [Turtle]: Kohl-Larsen, Allensbach 1937, No. 2:2-4; Comorians [beasts chose the Elephant as their leader; decided dig a pond to collect rainwater; The hare refused to work - he has enough water; Donkey, then the Sheep remains to guard, the Hare promises them sweet water, binds them, uses the pond; The turtle smears the shell with glue, the Hare climbs into the pond, sticks, he is brought to trial by the Elephant, imprisoned; he tells the watchman that the mountain is falling, asks for support, runs away; caught again, put in a hut where everyone brings his crap; The hare proves that there was no deal to bring urine, let go]: Haring 2007, No. 51:101-102; matumbi [Turtle]: Anpetkova-Sharova 2010:415-419; sakata [Makinkon lived in village, he has one eye, one arm, one leg; half of his face, heads, bodies are rotten; all the items in his possession are halves; he has seven tails, very strong; he rides in a boat, asks the Elephant, who was watchman, give him 50 centimes of meat; The elephant is responsible that he will not give it for that kind of money; M. ties the Elephant, takes the meat; the same with Buffalo; the Turtle gives M. sweet nuts, offers to put his hands in her shell, clamps them, calls animals; M. kill them, eat meat themselves, give the Turtle only bones]: Colldén 1979, No. 21:175-177; Kimbundu: Nekrasova 1975:39-41.

West Africa. Ikom [the hare proposed to allocate an untouchable area for the king who violated the ban on eating; makes a pogrom on the site, sends a forest cat there, and then accuses him of being him violated the ban; the cat was killed; the hare offered to entrust the cat's meat to the lazy animal Keroho, who does not eat meat; at night he steals meat, accuses the watchman of selling that meat; so one by one Many animals placed by watchmen die; it is the turtle's turn, they just pretended to be sleeping, covered the meat with a sticky substance, the hare stuck first with one paw, then with all; the animals decide that the hare should to pay a lot of brass rods, otherwise they would kill him, his mother and sister; the hare promised, but together with his relatives he climbed to the top of the tree and lowered the rope; all the animals climbed it, the hare cut off the rope, everyone fell, crushing the turtle's shell that remained on the ground; since then, it seemed to consist of fragments]: Dayrell 1913, No. 2:3-7; banen [the leopard called the animals to work; the oyster was not given the food it was wanted, she hid in the river; the bushbok antelope (Tragelaphus scriptus), the duyker (Cephalophus zebra), the dwarf antelope go for water, everyone is frightened when they hear an incomprehensible voice from the water; the turtle begins dance, asks him to sing more; the oyster sings, the turtle grabs it, brings it to the animals, the leopard swallows an oyster; for this, the animals tied him up, left him on the trail; two species of antelopes refuse to release him, the dwarf antelope frees, the leopard chases it, grabs the paw 9 times and lets it go each time when the antelope says it has grabbed the root; left the frog and toad to guard the hole, went to get the fire himself ; the antelope asked the toad to open its eyes wide, threw dust at them, ran away; the frog also rode away; the leopard found the toad, killed it]: Dugast 1975:412-422.

Sudan-East Africa. Ngindu [Turtle]: Gromova, Urmanchieva 2005, No. 5:245-247; Sanye [Turtle]: Barrett 1911:38-39