The story I'm going to tell you is a folk tale called two ways to count to ten, and this is a folk tale from Liberia, West Africa.  And now for our story. 

A long time ago, deep in the forests of Liberia, King Leopard began  to think about the future. He thought, "I'm getting old and one day  when I get real old, I'm going to get sick and die". Now a wise king  would not wait until he was old to pick a successor, someone who  could take his place as king after he died. No, a wise king would  pick his successor while still young and healthy. But how could King  Leopard choose when he loved all the members of the animal  kingdom the same? How could he choose one over the other? 

King Leopard sat beneath a tree and started to think. After a while,  he came up with a plan. He summoned his messengers and sent  them out into the forests of Liberia. He told them to ask all of the  animals of the animal kingdom to come to his palace. He was going  to throw a big party and at this party, he was going to make an  important announcement. So away the messengers ran, to all four  corners of the forest.