But after a while, when he went to his traps he found nothing in them day after day.
One morning, however he found that an ape had been caught by one of the traps that he set and he was about to kill the ape when the ape started speaking, it said: Son of Adam, I am Kulu, the ape; do not kill me please, take me out of this trap and let me go.
Save me from the rain, that I may come and save you from the sun someday. So he took him out of the trap and let him go.
When Kulu had climbed up in a tree, he sat on a branch and said to the youth: for your kindness, I will give you a piece of advice.
Believe me, men are all bad, never do a good turn for a man; if you do, he will do you harm at the first opportunity.
The second day, Uju found a snake in the same trap. He started running to the village to sound an alarm, but the snake shouted: "come back, son of Adam: don't call the people from the village to come and kill me.
I am Oko the snake, let me out of this trap I beg you, save me from the rain today, that I may be able to save yo from the sun tomorrow, if you are in need of help.