Now Anansi realized that the chief had found out about the wisdom tree.  “Seize him!” the chief shouted, but Anansi quickly changed himself into a tiny spider and scurried off to hide in a crack of his house.

The chief explained to the people what Anansi had done, and the drummer sent a loud message to the wisdom tree:

Oh Ancient One, Great Mother of Trees.
We honor you and protect your wisdom.

Mother Baobab was happy to hear the drum message.  This happiness made her strong and well again.  Soon her family of baobab trees grew throughout the great plains and became a source of shelter, medicine, and food for the people and animals of Africa.  And today the people laugh as they sing about the spider:

Poor Anansi, Poor Anansi.
He goes hungry tonight.
Weaving in corners, hiding in cracks,
Keeping well out of sight.
But it was not always so.

                                                                                                          - Linda Goss