How the zebra got his stripes
The fable describes a long ago incident when animals were new in Africa. The weather was hot and there was scarce water. The only water that remained was in pools and pans. One of the animals however, the baboon, decided to take control of one pool claiming he was the lord of the water. One day the zebra came to drink from this pool but he met the opposition from “the lord of the water”. A fight ensured after and after a great challenge, the zebra managed to kick the baboon up in the air and into the hot rocks landing on his behind (How the Zebra got its stripes.). The burns from the impact explain his lack of hair in his posterior side to date. The zebra on the other hand stumbled into the fire which kept the baboon warm and got scorched his skin. Thus the zebra got his stripes and ran to the savannah in fear.