The Talking Skull

Folk tale from West Africa.
There was a hungry man searching food on a hot sunny day in a desert. He saw a talking skull saying , oh my misery, misery. My mouth brought me here. When the hungry man heard this he was so amazed and scared that he forgot his hunger. Then the skull asked the man , " what brought you here?" the man said , " my hunger brought me here. the skull said "Follow the direction of my nose and you will find the calabash." The man walked and came to calabash and he found calabash filled with millet (green). He felt very happy to find food. The man return to the skull to say thank you. the man said to the skull " If I didn't find the food I would be like a skeleton soon." The skull replied please do not tell any one about me , you will be sorry." The man went back to the village. he showed the food to everyone. The people were glad to see grain. The king heard about him, and was filled with wonder and commanded his servants to bring this person to the palace. The man forgot the skull's warning. The king asked him, "where did you get the food from?" The man boasted a talking skull told me where to find the calabashes filled with millet . This was unbelievable for the King that a skull could talk. The King told him that he had stolen this food. The man said, " I will take you to the skull which is talking. When they came to the skull, the skull didn't talk with, man. The King was very angry and cut off his head. The second skull said , " Oh my misery, misery My mouth brought me here. The first skull says I had told you not to say anything to anyone. The second skull says, " My friend you also came here because of your mouth."