How the Waterbuck got it's Butt Ringed.

How the Waterbuck Got Its White Circle

The Waterbuck lives in Africa, and has a distinguishable white ring around it’s rump. Let me share with you the story of how it got it’s ring.

One dark moonless night, a waterbuck mother and her little ones were grazing
near some huts.
The owners of the huts had been busy painting them with white wash but had been to lazy to put them away for the night and had left a bucket of white wash outside.

The father woke up to hear the buck outside. Not knowing what was happening the man jumped out of bed and ran outside.
Now remember it was very dark and he could not see what was happening, so picking up the nearest thing he could grab, he hurled the pot of paint in the direction of the Waterbuck,

The paint hit the mother’s rump leaving a white circle which the little one’s could clearly see. This was very useful, it showed up nicely in the dark, and the little ones were able to find her easily.
When the waterbuck realized what a useful thing it was to have a white ring around their bottoms, they decided to keep it, and from that day to this, no self-respecting waterbuck has been without one.