We gathered around our elders, in a circle

It was story time

Anancy the Spider and Patou the Owl

Jamaican folklore, pit these two against each other
Anancy Mr. Bragadocious, had no humility
The Owl cannot see in the day

Both hosted a party
Patou the disc jockey
Anancy the look-out-man
His job to tell the Owl how close it was to daylight
Party in full swing and Patou had all the girls
Anancy plotted to embarrass Patou
Everytime Patou would check with Anancy , how late it was
He would say all is well

Patou played way into the morning and at daylight Anancy opened the door, sun streaming in shouting to all Patou’s admirers
“See the man you’ve been fawning over
Do you see how ugly he is?”
From that day the Owl has never been seen in the day.
The Owl does his best work at night.