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You may adapt and add to this work. You must keep the copyright and credits for authors, illustrators, etc.  \nByantaka and the dead pot Writer: Peter Kisakye  \nIllustration: Emily Berg  \nTranslated By: Cornelius Gulere  \nOnce upon a time, there was a man called Byantaka who had a cow .  \nEach day Byantaka grazed his cow . He also gave the cow water to drink. But Byantaka only had a very small pot for water.  \nSo he went at his neighbour’s home to borrow a bigger pot for water. His neighbour agreed to lend Byantaka his biggest clay pot saying,“My neighbour’s problem is my problem.”  \nAfter a few days, Byantaka went toa potter’s place and bought a small pot. He took it home. He put the small pot inside the big pot that he had borrowed from his neighbour .  \nThen he put the big pot, with the small pot inside it, on his head. He carried the big pot to the neighbour who loaned him the pot.  \nByantaka told him,“I am returning your pot, it has reproduced.”The neighbour was amazed that his pot had produced another pot. He praised Byantaka saying,“Your home is blessed.”  \nAfter a while, Byantaka went back to his neighbour to borrow the pot again . He did not have good intentions.","cbCaitkYMoaGb78g","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaitkYMoaGb78g","pdf",24872378,"English","# The Borrowed Pot\n## Byantaka's Deception","[{\"question\":\"Why did Byantaka borrow a pot from his neighbor?\",\"answer\":\"Byantaka borrowed a larger clay pot from his neighbor because his own pot was too small to provide sufficient water for his cow.\"},{\"question\":\"How did Byantaka trick his neighbor?\",\"answer\":\"He placed a small pot inside the borrowed big pot, brought it to his neighbor, and falsely claimed that the big pot had reproduced.\"},{\"question\":\"What were Byantaka's intentions when he returned to his neighbor later?\",\"answer\":\"Byantaka did not have good intentions; he returned to the neighbor to borrow the pot again, presumably to continue his deceitful scheme.\"}]","Byantaka and the Dead Pot - A Short Story | PDF",1789645571,29]