Nangato the Cat

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[SPEAKER_02]: Ahoi, and welcome aboard the Afro-Tails package.

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[SPEAKER_02]: I am in Grille, among Mazinga.

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[SPEAKER_02]: Here to guide you through captivating tales rooted in the histories of indigenous and African-distant peoples across the Americas and the Caribbean.

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[SPEAKER_02]: But the journey that is not in doubt, I, Chef, will share a delicious recipe and spy it by the stories you have just had.

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[SPEAKER_02]: So, with no further ado, let us set sail on this new age of exploration.

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[SPEAKER_02]: Not that long ago, but far beyond here, there were families of mice scattered alongside the giant peek of Sero de Punta on the mountainous island of Puerto Rico.

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[SPEAKER_02]: Their village was north of the city of Pons.

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[SPEAKER_02]: The mice enjoyed a peaceful life.

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[SPEAKER_02]: filled with an abundance of sunshine and tropical rains.

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[SPEAKER_02]: They were surrounded by natural beauty with wildflowers, palm trees and crystal clear waterfalls.

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[SPEAKER_02]: Their days were spent working on the land and their evenings stretched into the night with eating, singing and dancing.

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[SPEAKER_02]: Everyone looked out for each other.

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[SPEAKER_02]: under the care and counsel of their abolaita.

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[SPEAKER_02]: The grandma of the village, her name was Marita, and she held meetings with the mice every Saturday night, listening to their worries, ideas and complaints.

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[SPEAKER_02]: She would listen quietly to whoever came forward, nodding her head with encouragement and tethering the disapproval.

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[SPEAKER_02]: She would offer her wise advice and respect it opinion, making sure that arguments were resolved and harmony reign at the end of this meeting.

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[SPEAKER_02]: The mice cooked up a celebration of food for everyone to feast upon.

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[SPEAKER_02]: Their little teeth chattering and their long tails swishing as they danced and sang through the night.

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[SPEAKER_02]: On one of these bombing evenings, Santiago and Elderly Mouse

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[SPEAKER_02]: Shuffle over too many to and whispered in her ear.

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[SPEAKER_02]: His face was ash, while he spoke.

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[SPEAKER_02]: His words startled the abolita.

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[SPEAKER_02]: So much that she covered her mouth in shock.

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[SPEAKER_02]: everyone stopped what they were doing and wondered what could be so terrible that it could not be shared openly with their village.

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[SPEAKER_02]: No one held secrets from each other and all business was aired for everyone to hear.

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[SPEAKER_02]: Medita held her hand up to ask for attention.

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[SPEAKER_02]: The mice all twitched with never's fear.

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[SPEAKER_02]: They gathered around and listened intently.

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[SPEAKER_02]: My children, we have had some terrible news that will affect each and every one of us here.

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[SPEAKER_02]: Reset paused and chose her words carefully.

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[SPEAKER_02]: Santiago went down into the village to visit his prima hemana.

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[SPEAKER_02]: First cousin and saw that large black cat called Nangato had moved into the farm.

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[SPEAKER_02]: Squield some young mice.

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[SPEAKER_01]: A large cat.

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[SPEAKER_02]: Street, some of the older mice.

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[SPEAKER_02]: A flurry of commotion began with questions, panic, gruesome predictions.

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[SPEAKER_00]: The mice cried out.

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[SPEAKER_00]: They looked to the elder.

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[SPEAKER_02]: took center stage, ready to unfold the drama of how he uncovered the large black cat.

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[SPEAKER_02]: He began by explaining how he had been making one of his regular visits to his cousin's home.

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[SPEAKER_02]: She makes the tasty as far to stone is.

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[SPEAKER_02]: He'd set off early in the morning just after sunrise and took the route past the flowering stream where he can look out across the mountain and see the hole of the island.

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[SPEAKER_02]: He followed the winding path which twisted and turned with the flow of the water.

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[SPEAKER_02]: He moved swiftly across the main road where traffic came flying from both directions.

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[SPEAKER_02]: As he came towards the farm, he breathed in the familiar smell of fresh coffee from the fields.

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[SPEAKER_02]: He was about to scamper over to the avocado tree, where it's cousin lived.

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[SPEAKER_02]: Then he heard an unusual sound coming from under a bush.

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[SPEAKER_02]: It was the low hum of a wheezing pear.

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[SPEAKER_02]: I start in my tracks and looked about knowing that something was wrong.

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[SPEAKER_02]: My whiskers were pushing.

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[SPEAKER_02]: I sniffed the air and saw my prima hermana hiding behind the rock.

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[SPEAKER_01]: She looked terrified and backing me over.

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[SPEAKER_01]: So I moved as swiftly and I could

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[SPEAKER_02]: asked her, what was wrong?

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[SPEAKER_02]: It's the other finger to her mouth.

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[SPEAKER_01]: I stayed silent.

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[SPEAKER_02]: Santiago paused for a fact, looking at all of the eyes watching and waiting for his next word.

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[SPEAKER_02]: She poured me towards the side of the house and we crouch down low.

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[SPEAKER_02]: Together, we peer through the long blades of grass, and then I saw him.

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[SPEAKER_02]: Cloud gased echoed around the mice.

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[SPEAKER_02]: They all tried to picture what Santiago saw.

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[SPEAKER_01]: What did he look like?

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[SPEAKER_02]: X-one mouse.

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[SPEAKER_00]: Tell us, tell us, what did you see?

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[SPEAKER_02]: He did another.

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[SPEAKER_02]: Resting in between the scarlet petals of high briskers flowers.

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[SPEAKER_02]: I saw the giant black head of Langgato, the cat.

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[SPEAKER_02]: He was lying in the grass, licking his black fur.

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[SPEAKER_02]: His long pink tongue was flying in the out of his shoes.

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[SPEAKER_02]: Now, like this.

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[SPEAKER_02]: Santiago flicked his tongue out like a poisonous dart Did he see you?

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[SPEAKER_01]: Santiago?

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[SPEAKER_02]: He's never wondered No!

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[SPEAKER_02]: No!

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[SPEAKER_02]: He did not!

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[SPEAKER_02]: I return immediately to everyone!

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[SPEAKER_02]: Santiago finished his story to a round of applause and congratulations of his bravery.

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[SPEAKER_02]: I believe the Marita held up her hand again for quite.

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[SPEAKER_01]: And God told the cat is a risk to our village and our way of life.

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[SPEAKER_01]: We won't need to come up with a plan to keep us all safe from him.

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[SPEAKER_02]: She opened the floor to ideas.

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[SPEAKER_02]: No one said a word.

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[SPEAKER_02]: Fear took over their mouths, stifling their voices into silence.

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[SPEAKER_02]: Even Santiago did not have any ideas.

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[SPEAKER_02]: He was worried that more cats may come prowling around the mountainside.

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[SPEAKER_02]: Marisa decided

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[SPEAKER_02]: that they had no other option but to be friend I'm got to.

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[SPEAKER_02]: This idea was greeted with skepticism.

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[SPEAKER_02]: everyone trusted Maria and they were used to letting her lead them in all matters of business but this seemed like a very risky idea and the cost of failure was high.

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[SPEAKER_02]: To meet what this man got told!

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[SPEAKER_02]: She announced.

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[SPEAKER_02]: Again, this idea was met without.

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[SPEAKER_02]: No one wanted that beloved Abulita to put herself in danger.

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[SPEAKER_02]: But no one else was willing to go with her place.

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[SPEAKER_02]: And so it was decided.

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[SPEAKER_02]: Marie to would leave early the next morning and travel to the farm where she would stand face to face with Nandata and offer the hand of friendship.

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[SPEAKER_02]: Just as darkness was leaving the island for the other side of the world, Marita set off to find Nangato.

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[SPEAKER_02]: She made her way nimbly down the mountainside, scampering over rocks and darting through grass.

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[SPEAKER_02]: She walked nonstop all morning.

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[SPEAKER_02]: By the middle of the day, the sun could be seen roasting from the sky like a ball of yellow flames.

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[SPEAKER_02]: When it was at its most fierce, Marita rested in the moss of the Kappa tree before continuing on her way.

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[SPEAKER_02]: It was a bright, clueless day, and the receipts could see shades of blue scattered across the sky as she made her way along.

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[SPEAKER_02]: She came over the hillside, and saw Nungato lying down, dozing under a coconut tree.

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[SPEAKER_01]: She stayed at the top of the hill and called out, saying, you're Nungato!

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[SPEAKER_01]: It is me!

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[SPEAKER_01]: I believe that my inside!

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[SPEAKER_02]: The cat lazily opened one eye and immediately spotted the mouse.

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[SPEAKER_02]: So this is the famous Shinya Marita who everyone speaks of.

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[SPEAKER_02]: He wondered if he could pounce upon her from where he lay.

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[SPEAKER_02]: But she was standing at a safe distance.

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[SPEAKER_02]: And there was no way he could spring that quickly up the hill.

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[SPEAKER_02]: Nungato stood up and greeted Marisa asking what he could do for the little mouse.

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[SPEAKER_01]: I have come to invite you to a Fiesta in our village.

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[SPEAKER_01]: We would like to be friends and live in peace with you, our neighbor.

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[SPEAKER_02]: Rita spoke without fear and had calm, confident voice.

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[SPEAKER_02]: Now, God took what suspicious at first and thought it could be a trap.

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[SPEAKER_02]: Then he dismissed that idea.

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[SPEAKER_02]: After all, what could a village of tiny mice do to him?

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[SPEAKER_02]: Thank you for your delightful invitation.

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[SPEAKER_02]: I would love to come.

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[SPEAKER_02]: Expect me tomorrow before the shun goes down.

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[SPEAKER_02]: Marisa returned to her village and shared the news that the big black cat was coming to party with them.

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[SPEAKER_02]: The mice scurried around with excitement.

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[SPEAKER_02]: There was much work to be done to repair for the fiesta.

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[SPEAKER_02]: They hung up colorful decorations of lanterns and streamers.

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[SPEAKER_02]: They cried out loud, stirring, frying and stewing their favorite fused.

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[SPEAKER_02]: Adazi Habatulas, steeped in a pot with all the full flavors of rice and beans marinating with garlic, peppers and herbs.

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[SPEAKER_02]: Planting leaves were folded over stuffed green bananas to make pastelas and crescent shaped bananas, where deep fried until crispy.

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[SPEAKER_02]: The next day,

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[SPEAKER_02]: All the mice were ready and waiting for their guests to arrive.

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[SPEAKER_02]: It trusted mounds was sent to fetch Nangato.

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[SPEAKER_02]: He lay stretched out in the morning sun, dreaming about pouncing on all the mice in the middle of the fiesta.

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[SPEAKER_02]: Grabbing has many as it could to eat.

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[SPEAKER_02]: Equally rejected that idea, the mice were quick and could scatter into their hiding places, leaving him empty handed.

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[SPEAKER_02]: He needed a better plan.

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[SPEAKER_02]: Carlos Fetchnan got to go and bravely brought him to their village.

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[SPEAKER_02]: The mice were hushed into silence as the large black cat strode among them.

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[SPEAKER_02]: His long tail hung down with the white tail, almost dragging on the ground.

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[SPEAKER_02]: He moved slowly, letting his arm in shape eyes drink in the scene.

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[SPEAKER_02]: The mice crowded around him, cheering and stamping their little pink feet.

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[SPEAKER_02]: now that he has to begin, and got to eight from their bowls and drink from their cups.

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[SPEAKER_02]: He listened to their songs of brave minds exploring lands near and far.

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[SPEAKER_02]: Finally, late into the night, he sank down on his white paws and closed his eyes for sleep.

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[SPEAKER_02]: The mice parted until dawn, overjoyed that they had made friends with their enemies.

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[SPEAKER_02]: mice drifted away to their homes to sleep, leaving Nangato right there, where he laid beneath the silver-lined leaves of a royal palm tree.

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[SPEAKER_02]: It was not until later that morning that one of the mice took a twig and prodded him.

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[SPEAKER_01]: Time to wake up, Nangato, left yesterday to mono.

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[SPEAKER_01]: The party is finished.

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[SPEAKER_02]: He tapped him several times on the head, but Nanggato did not stir.

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[SPEAKER_02]: He moved as close as he dared and peered into his face.

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[SPEAKER_02]: Still, Nanggato did not stir.

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[SPEAKER_01]: The cat is dead.

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[SPEAKER_02]: Square of the mouse.

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[SPEAKER_02]: He's got all around the village, waking the other mice calling.

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[SPEAKER_01]: And Gato, the big cat, the big black cat is dead.

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[SPEAKER_02]: Everyone crept out, blurry eyed, from their homes to see for themselves.

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[SPEAKER_02]: I believe Tamadita, examinant Gato and agreed that he was indeed dead.

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[SPEAKER_01]: He must bury him!

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[SPEAKER_02]: She declared.

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[SPEAKER_01]: It is only right!

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[SPEAKER_02]: They all agreed.

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[SPEAKER_02]: Feeling

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[SPEAKER_02]: relieved that their enemy could have no longer be a threat, several mice set to work digging a hole in which to place his body, whilst others set to work, played it leaves to make a stretcher.

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[SPEAKER_02]: They sang while they worked, digging and stitching until everything was ready.

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[SPEAKER_02]: It took many of the mice to lift and I'm got to host large body onto the stretcher.

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[SPEAKER_02]: They covered him with flowers and stood in a circle while six other strongest mice jumped into the grave.

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[SPEAKER_02]: They stood down below waiting to help lower the stretcher into the ground.

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[SPEAKER_02]: They lowered the stretcher down slowly into the hole.

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[SPEAKER_02]: They moved very carefully as it inched deeper and deeper into the earth.

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[SPEAKER_02]: Once it touched the bottom

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[SPEAKER_02]: the six miles prepared to climb out.

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[SPEAKER_02]: When, suddenly, Dan got to open his eyes and sprang up from the stretcher.

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[SPEAKER_02]: He pounced on the six miles as they scrambled and scurried to climb out of the grave.

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[SPEAKER_02]: His claws ripped through them.

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[SPEAKER_02]: Everyone screamed and screamed with horror up above as they watched their friends getting eaten by Nangato.

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[SPEAKER_02]: They begged and pleaded with him to stop but it was clear that he would not.

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[SPEAKER_02]: There was nothing they could do but run into the mountains.

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[SPEAKER_02]: Mice could be seen fleeing left and fleeing right.

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[SPEAKER_02]: They escaped with their lives and hid between the rocks and grass.

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[SPEAKER_02]: Deeply saddened by the loss of their friends.

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[SPEAKER_02]: Nungata licked his paws and strode back to his farm.

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[SPEAKER_02]: Fully saddened and pleased with himself.

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[SPEAKER_02]: And that, my friends, is why, to this very day, mice will never trust a sleeping cat again.

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[SPEAKER_02]: Wow, what a great story from Wendy Sharrier in her book, The Caribbean Folk Tales, stories from the islands and Wind Rush Generation.

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[SPEAKER_02]: I love her stories.

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[SPEAKER_02]: I love the way she puts her stories together on paper.

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[SPEAKER_02]: She is a magnificent writer between her and Virginia Hamilton.

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[SPEAKER_02]: I think I've read almost every folklore and folk tale that they have put out.

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[SPEAKER_02]: I have some more from this book.

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[SPEAKER_02]: You will hear more from this book.

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[SPEAKER_02]: That is just a fact.

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[SPEAKER_02]: You will hear more coming from this book.

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[SPEAKER_02]: did what he was supposed to do, right?

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[SPEAKER_02]: He is a cat.

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[SPEAKER_02]: He eats mice.

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[SPEAKER_02]: That is who he is.

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[SPEAKER_02]: And the mice were trying to give him the benefit of the doubt.

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[SPEAKER_02]: Maybe he'll be different.

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[SPEAKER_02]: Maybe he won't be who he is.

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[SPEAKER_02]: And we all have people.

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[SPEAKER_02]: We know people.

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[SPEAKER_02]: We all know people who think like this.

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[SPEAKER_02]: Maybe he won't be who he is or she is.

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[SPEAKER_02]: They won't do what they've always done.

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[SPEAKER_02]: You know what I mean?

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[SPEAKER_02]: They said that they won't hurt us.

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[SPEAKER_02]: So let's believe them.

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[SPEAKER_02]: And then he turned right around and did exactly what you expect him to do.

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[SPEAKER_02]: And if you can't see the parallel hells in real life in your life, I don't know what to tell you.

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[SPEAKER_02]: we know people like this and all of us have probably felt victim to at least one person in our lives that like this, you know, in our past.

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[SPEAKER_02]: So

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[SPEAKER_02]: Don't feel guilty about being taken advantage of those people, those type of people are there to just to do just that.

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[SPEAKER_02]: And we that get taken advantage of are here, you know, to learn from that situation and as long as we learn from it and grow from it and to recognize it in the future.

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[SPEAKER_02]: You know, we can stay away from those situations as do mice who don't trust sleeping cats any longer.

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[SPEAKER_02]: And in my assumption, probably don't trust cats at all.

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[SPEAKER_02]: From this, they know a cat is going to be a cat much like in the stories where a snake bites somebody.

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[SPEAKER_02]: No, he says not going to, you know, a snake is going to be a snake.

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[SPEAKER_02]: You know,

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[SPEAKER_02]: these animals, these predators, these, you know, people, they are who they are, and they're going to be that, you know, and for some it's just their nature.

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[SPEAKER_02]: No amount of telling you different will change their natures.

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[SPEAKER_02]: It reminds me of the phrase,

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[SPEAKER_02]: a leopard can't change his spots, you know, a tiger can't change their stripes.

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[SPEAKER_02]: I think the, the matter of fact, this quote, uh, we'll probably work be where I end off today.

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[SPEAKER_02]: And I want to say it's by my own Angelou.

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[SPEAKER_02]: I could be wrong, but I believe she said once when someone shows you who they are, believe them, you know, believe that they are who they say they are, or believe they are who they show they are.

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[SPEAKER_02]: All right?

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[SPEAKER_02]: So thank you for coming on long on this voyage with me.

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[SPEAKER_02]: for another great story go see chef he will obviously have a delicious recipe coming from Puerto Rico and until next time as always have a blessed day

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[SPEAKER_02]: Welcome my friends to the gallery.

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[SPEAKER_02]: I am your chef, chef, and today we have a wonderful recipe inspired by the story of dessert.

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[SPEAKER_02]: Today we will be creating crispy Puerto Rican toastones.

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[SPEAKER_02]: Now, what will you need for this interesting delicious recipe?

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[SPEAKER_02]: Three to four green plantains.

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[SPEAKER_02]: One cup vegetable or connollo oil, salt to taste, optional ingredients.

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[SPEAKER_02]: Four cups of water, one lime juice, two teaspoons of a double seasoning.

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[SPEAKER_02]: Now, how do we put this together?

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[SPEAKER_02]: Easy.

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[SPEAKER_02]: Prep the plantains and oil.

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[SPEAKER_02]: Peel your plantains and cut into one inch pieces.

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[SPEAKER_02]: Preheat your oil in a heavy bottom skillet to three hundred and fifty degrees Fahrenheit.

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[SPEAKER_02]: Now, what's the oldest hat?

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[SPEAKER_02]: Jetney.

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[SPEAKER_02]: Add in your plantain pieces.

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[SPEAKER_02]: Making sure not to crowd the pan.

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[SPEAKER_02]: Fry these slices for eight to ten minutes.

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[SPEAKER_02]: Making sure to flip them until golden all around.

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[SPEAKER_02]: Now remove these slices and cool on a paper towel like plate.

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[SPEAKER_02]: Once these slices are cool, use the plate or glass to smash these slices until they flatten.

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[SPEAKER_02]: Now you may also on an optional side, soak the toast on it.

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[SPEAKER_02]: In a large bull combined in the water line, salt and a double seasoning, gently add in the fried plantains and soup for forty-five minutes, before draining the water and patting the right with a paper towel.

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[SPEAKER_02]: And then bring the oil back to high heat and add the smashed plantains back to the oil.

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[SPEAKER_02]: Frank for another five minutes until crispy.

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[SPEAKER_02]: topped with sprinkle of salt and enjoy.

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[SPEAKER_02]: And that's it, my friends.

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[SPEAKER_02]: Now, go.

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[SPEAKER_02]: Make this recipe, yo.

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[SPEAKER_02]: And until I have another wonderful recipe for you, remember that darn cat, nangato, and what he likes to do.

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[SPEAKER_02]: Until next time, my friends, as always, enjoy!

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[SPEAKER_02]: and that brings an end to another voyage.

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[SPEAKER_02]: May these tales inspire, connect, and nourish your soul, just as Chess dish fills your belly.

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[SPEAKER_02]: Until next time, keep exploring, learning, and sharing the ancestors' stories, fair winds, and following seas.