Anansi and the Pot <nk>
Practice Words
Words containing the 'nk' blend, making the /Εk/ sound.
Mmoatia is small. She has a spoon. It fills a pot with hot nut mash. Think of it!
Anansi sits in his web. A bird tells him of the spoon. A pot that fills up? Anansi wants it, and he will not blink.
Mmoatia sings and does mix. The pot fills up! clink! She fills a dish for all the bush. Anansi hides by a fern. A giving hand fills all pots.
Anansi spots the spoon. When Mmoatia has a bit, she sets it by her dish. Then the pot sits still. Anansi gives a sly wink. Now!
Mmoatia sets the spoon by her dish. Anansi is quick! He yanks it and runs. Mmoatia will not run. She will not yell. She lets him go.
Anansi runs home. He dips the spoon in his big pink pot. He does mix. But the pot is blank! He shakes it, but it goes cold.
Anansi takes it back. It will not work, he tells Mmoatia. His hope sinks. It will not stir for a shut fist, she tells him.
A kind hand fills all pots, she tells him. It stirs for a hand that will share. What if I share a chunk? Anansi asks. Try, she tells him.
Anansi picks up the spoon. He thinks of the dish she set for the bush. He thinks of kids who share. He mixes with care this bit. The pot fills with hot nut mash!
The pot fills to the brink! Anansi lifts it. He fills a dish for Mmoatia first, the best bit. Then he fills one for himself.
Anansi digs in. It is the best! He is full at last. He packs the rest in a big flat pot. He sets it on the path for the kids. The kids will thank him.
Mmoatia still lives in the bush. The spoon works for a kind hand. Anansi still thinks of a trick to nab it. A mean hand gets a cold pot. But he fills a dish for Mmoatia first, and the mash fills to the brim. A kind hand fills all pots. Anansi's too!