Reading Notes: Why Dead People are Buried

In the beginning, the Creator made men and women and the animals and they all lived together in the land. The Creator was the big chief of all men and was very kindhearted and was very sorry when anyone died. He sent for his dog one day that was his heard messenger to tell everyone that whenever anyone died, they would be placed in a compound and their wood ashes would be thrown over it. The dead body would lay on the ground and in twenty-four hours, the body would become alive again.

The dog traveled for half a day and began to get tired. He stopped at an old lady's house and looked inside to find a bone with some meat on it so he ate it. He went to sleep and forgot the message he was given to deliver.

When the dog didn't return, the creator called for a sheep to go out and send the message. The sheep was foolish and ate the grasses on the wayside and forgot about the message. He finally remembered his job but forgot the message. Instead of deliver the message, he told everyone the Creator said that whenever anyone died they would be buried underneath the ground.

The dog finally remembered the message so he ran to tell the people the original message. The people didn't believe him because the sheep had told them something else.

Now, all the dead bodies are buried and the dog is not trusted as a messenger. If he had not stopped at the old lady's house, dead people might still be alive.

Why Dead People are Buried by Elphinstone Dayrell.

Sheep sitting in grass. Source: Max Pixel