Ananse duáruuà duaá noá aseá noá, õde toaá noá sñán n'anäm na õde n'afuáro taree duaá noá hüé sñâ õrefoáro aákõá ne nkõánmu. Ïyñá bäribiara aâ, na ñnyñá yäe. Ñénnaà ne baá Ntikuáma firi wuáram hõá bñákæéæè sñâ: "Agyaá, woánànyeá nnä sñâ woádeà toaá yä sñán w'akyä mmoám aâ, anka woábñtuàmä aáforo duaá yä?

Ñénnaà Ananse daáneeà toaá noá deá toáoà n'akyä, fitäì aseáñ teántamà duaá noá. Ananse huánuuà sñâ Ntikuáma aákyerñ no nyaánsæé noá, ñyññ no yaá sñâ õantumä ammoaáboàa nyaánsæé nyinaáa anoá naá ebä akaá ne baá noá tärim. Eénti õde abuáfuo gyaee toaá noá hwee faám ma ñbõõe. Toaá noá bõáõàeñá noá, nnäpa pii kõõ duaá noá aseá. Na wõán aâ wõkõáõà hõá kõáfaaà bä deá baáaà wõn afäe muá noá neá anyansæfoáõ na wõán aâ aánàkõá bä noá neá ntetekwaaá.

Sñá ñyõáõàeñá aâ nnäpa bänom yñáñà anyansæfoáõ naá ebänom náso yñáñà ntetekwaaá noá nä oo!

(Saaá anansesñám yä firi Ayñ, [1978: 1-2])

Once upon a time, Ananse collected all the wisdom of the world and put it into a bottle in order to hang it onto a tree so that nobody could get any. When he was going about it his son Ntikuma was observing him secretly.

When Ananse arrived at the tree, he put the bottle in front of him and put his belly close to the tree in order to climb up to the peak of the tree. Whatever he did, it didn't work out well. Then his son Ntikuma came out of the bush and said: "Father, don't you think that if you rather put this bottle to your back, you'd be able to climb up this tree?"

Then Ananse put the bottle to his back and started climbing up the tree. Ananse saw that Ntikuma had told him something wise and it hurt him that he hadn't been able to collect all the wisdom as some had remained with his son. Therefore, he angrily dropped the bottle to the ground and it burst. When it burst, many people came to the tree. And those who came to take some back to their homes are the wise people but those who didn't come are the stupid ones. 
 

That's the story why some people are wise and others stupid! 

(Taken from Ayeh, [1978: 1-2])