At night, Syonzola would wait until everyone was asleep and he would stand outside and start shouting, "Help! Help! I'm being attacked. Please, someone help me!" The people would come running to help him with spears in their hands. "Hahahahahaha!" Syonzola would laugh until his stomach was sore when he saw them. "Are you OK? Where is the animal that was attacking you?" People would shout. "It went that way, please help," Syonzola would say to them and point at the darkness behind the trees. After searching, they would tell him to stop his lies and go to sleep. One night his son heard him screaming and shouting for help again. His son never understood why his dad liked to fool people. But on this night his son didn't hear people opening their doors and running to help. He only heard his father screaming. The other villagers were not in the mood to wake up because they knew Syonzola was up to his old tricks again.

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