The cat and the mouse are very good friends.  They scamper through the tall grass all day long.  They hunt for food and share everything they find.  One day they realized that food was getting scarce.  Finally they were down to their last yam.  They had learned that there was plenty of food on the other side of the river, so they decided to carve their yam into a canoe.  The cat and the mouse entered the canoe.  The mouse began paddling hard.  Finally the mouse was so hungry that he began eating the yam canoe.  Before long the canoe began filling with water and sinking.  The mouse gave a mighty leap and landed on the river bank.  The cat did the same.  But the cat was very angry with the mouse.  He shouted at him and said that if he ever caught the mouse, he would rip his head off and eat him.  So the cat began chasing the mouse and that is why cats chase mice to this very day.

Mr. Tortoise was good friends with Mr. Pig.  One day Mr. Tortoise asked Mr. Pig if he could barrow a large sum of money.  He promised to pay it back on a certain day.  So Mr. Pig loaned him the money.  When the day to pay the money arrived, Mr. Tortoise did not have any money saved up to give Mr. Pig.  He discussed the problem with Mrs. Tortoise and together they came up with a clever solution.  Mr. Tortoise lay on his back and Mrs. Tortoise used his stomach for a grinding stone.  When Mr. Pig arrived she told him that Mr. Tortoise was not at home but would be back later.  The following day Mr. Pig returned but it was the same.  He found Mr. Tortoise not at home and his wife using her grinding stone.  The third day when he returned, Mrs. Tortoise told him that Mr. Tortoise was not at home while she calmly continued using her grinding stone.  Mr. Pig was so mad that he picked up her grinding stone and threw it into the forest across the street.  Mrs. Tortoise began crying with a loud voice.  Mr. Tortoise picked himself up off the forest floor, brushed off the dirt, and calmly walked across the road to his house.  When Mr. Pig saw him, he began demanding his money.  But Mr. Tortoise said he had to talk to his wife first.  He asked her why she was crying.  She explained through her wailing that Mr. Pig had thrown her grinding stone away.  Mr. Tortoise told Mr. Pig that he would pay him everything he owed him just as soon as Mr. Pig returned his wife's grinding stone.  So the pig immediately began rooting through the dirt in the forest.  And that is why pigs are rooting in the dirt to this very day.

These are stories which are taught to children in their schools.  They are very entertaining and well known in Cameroon. It provides an interesting natural explanation for behavior that can be observed.