It happened like this. The genet (a type of wild cat) got up and said: “I am going to the house of the king of the humans to marry his daughter.” So he went to the king’s house. When he arrived he greeted the king. He then greeted the other people and sat down. The people brought lunch and they all sat down together to eat.<\/p>\n
Shortly after the genet arrived the rabbit showed up. He greeted the people and they responded. The rabbit said: “Yes, it is me, I have arrived.” The king said: “Yes, you have found us. We are eating. Come and sit down and eat.” The rabbit said: “No. It is better that I first say what I came to say and then I can sit down and eat.” The king said “Go ahead.” The rabbit said: “Sir, I have come here for a purpose. I have come courting. That girl over there, I want to marry her.” “Really?” “Yes.” “Ok,” the king said, “You have said what you wanted to say. Now come and eat.” So the rabbit sat down to eat.<\/p>\n
At that point the genet spoke up. He said: “What about me? I also came to court her!” The king said: “No you didn’t. You came to eat.” That is the story of the rabbit and the genet.<\/p>\n
[The moral of the story is that you shouldn’t wait. You should say what you came to say and then get into the small talk. We would sum it up in our culture by saying “You snooze, you lose.” ]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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