Once upon a time there were two friends .tortoise and cat ,who were both full of tricks. Their friendship was so sweet that neither would fall asleep when the other was absent. tortoise was a framer and snail a trader. one day snail declared that he wanted to plant maize on a farm .Tortoise was not happy but offered to help.he gave snail some boiled corns to plant but these never grew. Snail try another piece of land but the seeds fared no better there too. In the end .he discovered the trick and swore to have his revenge. snail asked his mother to pretend that she was dead . He invited tortoise to the burial but what they buried was only a banana trunk wrapped in cloth. some days later he asked tortoise to come and pray at his mother tomb. Snails mother was hiding behind the tomb .and has tortoise was praying ,the mother threw some money which tortoise took greedily. snail explained that dead mother usually showered money upon their sons. Tortoise got excited and rushed home .tortoise kill his mother.