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The story recounts a family dynamic where the father unfairly distributes meat at mealtimes, keeping the largest portions for himself and his wife while giving the children the smallest amounts. Years later, as the parents age and become frail, the grown children take turns caring for them. In a poignant reversal, the eldest child serves the meat at a mealtime, giving only tiny portions to their elderly father and mother, mirroring the injustice they themselves experienced in their youth. The narrative explores themes of generational fairness, the consequences of selfishness, and the cyclical nature of familial responsibility and retribution. The African Storybook Initiative holds the copyright for this work, granting permission for commercial use, adaptation, and distribution as long as the original copyright and credits are maintained.","Elders  \nWriter: Oku Modesto  \nIllustration: Salim Kasamba  \nTranslated By: Oku Modesto  \nEnglish Story Book  \nElders  \nWriter: Oku Modesto Illustration: Salim Kasamba  \nTranslated By: Oku Modesto Reformatted for Bloom By: Cara Ediger  \nEnglish  \nElders  \nWriter: Oku Modesto  \nIllustration: Salim Kasamba  \nTranslated By: Oku Modesto  \nLanguage: English  \nSaide, South African Institute for Distance Education [www.africanstorybook.org](www.africanstorybook.org)  \nA Saide Initiative  \nCopyright © 2015, African Storybook Initiative  \nYou are free to make commercial use of this work. You may adapt and add to this work. You must keep the copyright and credits for authors, illustrators, etc.  \nOnce upon a time there was a husband and wife with children.  \nThe mother prepared food for the family each day. She would bring the meal to the table for them to eat.  \nThe father would divide the meat. He would say to the eldest child,  \n“I am old enough for meat. Here is yours . Wait until you are older .”  \nThen he would say to the next child,“I am old enough formeat. Here is yours . Wait until you are older .”  \nIt went like this for all the children. The youngest child got the tiniest piece of meat.  \nThe father kept the big pieces of meat for himself and his wife. The children were quiet andate their food.  \nYears passed and the children grew up. The parents grew old. They became helpless. The children took turns preparing food for their old mother and father.  \nOne day at meal time, the eldest child served the meat as usual. 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