Award-winning storyteller Bill Gordh (Film Advisory Board Award of Excellence winner, National Association of Parenting Periodicals Gold Award winner) presents this folktale live with no script, accompanied only by his own dynamic banjo playing.

A traveler met another traveler walking through an African jungle. The sun was going down, and they knew that soon some of the beasts would be out hunting for food. They stopped in the next village and asked the chief if they could stay for the night. The chief welcomed them but told them that if either of them snored, they should probably go to the next village because his people hated snoring so much, if someone snored they would sharpen their knives and kill the snorer. Both men said they did not snore. The chief showed them where they could sleep.

The one near the wall fell asleep right away and began snoring. The one near the window tried to wake him up, but it made the man snore louder. He listened and could hear the villagers sharpening their knives. The awake one listened to the snoring and noticed it was rhythmic, and so he made up a song to accompany the snoring. It was such a fun song that all the villagers put down their knives and began dancing. Finally the people got tired and went to bed, and the snorer stopped snoring. The next day the chief came in, and the singer was still awake. The chief told him that was the best song of all time, and he wanted to give him a chunk of gold. The chief left.

The snorer woke up and asked what had happened. The singer told him. They began walking toward the next village. The snorer said to the singer that he felt he should have the gold because his snoring had made it possible for the song to exist. The singer said they would be dead if he had not made up the song, so he should keep the gold. The snorer argued that the song would not exist except for him. They kept arguing. Who do you think should get the gold?