Ebola brought deep social and cultural changes to people’s lives. Shaking hands was shunned to avoid contagion. Even traditional storytelling was affected. The grandmother of Alie Bai Kargbo stopped her evening tales after Alie (second to right) and two relatives got Ebola. With healing, storytelling returned to this family of welders. In Alie’s favorite tale, a village blacksmith outwits a group of friends who keep dropping by at midday to eat his lunch.