How Crow Got His Vest

[The crows in Ghana have white vests on the front, and are black everywhere else. You need to know that for this story to make sense.]

Back and back, before there were people like us, the Animal people lived here. In charge of all the animal people was Lioness, known for her wisdom and strength. All the other Animals were scattered everywhere on the face of the land, and when they got into trouble there was no way for Lioness to help them. So she called a meeting. Everyone came, from all their separate homes, to listen to her suggestion, because they all respected her wisdom. Crow flew in and perched on a rock, Monkey came loping along and hung from a branch, Snake slithered through the grass and coiled up at her feet. All the animals, each in their own fashion, came. Except for Elephant, who could not be bothered to stop bathing and come to listen to some little lioness boss him around.
So, to the gathered Animals Lioness presented her idea: that they all live in this place together, so that she could help everyone if anything happened. Unfortunately, that meant that some animals would have to live together in the same home. She gave everyone until midday to choose their new roommates. Monkey and Snake had had dealings with each other before, and they felt that they could get along with each other fairly well, and besides, they both liked sleeping in trees. So they went to Lioness and requested a tree house together. Crow had overheard them, and, in his excitable Crow way, asked if he could live with them, since he liked sleeping in trees as well. Lioness granted the three Animals their request, leaving them to move in and get settled while she mediated between a warthog and a meerkat who couldn't decide which side of the watering hole to live on.
Monkey and Snake settled in, and lay back on the branches of their baobab tree. Their relaxation was disturbed by the constant stream of comments on all the moving adventures of the other animals, delivered in his raucous voice from the tip top branches. Monkey and Snake looked at each other and rolled their eyes. Crow was just excited, and they would let him have his say. Eventually he would quiet down.
The next day, Lioness showed up at their tree, followed by a grumpy Elephant, who had been assigned a place to sleep in absentia, right under their tree. The pleading look in Lioness's eyes said that she had made many such visits today, and that if they would just let Elephant sleep there, they would have her undying gratitude. They couldn't help but agree. Excited by the new visitor, Crow came down from the top branch and greeted him loudly, asking question after question before anyone could get a word in. Elephant just looked at him, turned his great gray back, and lay down. Monkey and Snake went back to their branches and tried to salvage their peace.

[more later...I am out of internet time]