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| | Introduction | vii |
| I. | | The Tortoise with a Pretty Daughter | 1 |
| II. | | How a Hunter obtained Money from his Friends the Leopard, Goat, Bush Cat, and Cock, and how he got out of repaying them | 6 |
| III. | | The Woman with two Skins | 11 |
| IV. | | The King's Magic Drum | 20 |
| V. | | Ituen and the King's Wife | 29 |
| VI. | | Of the Pretty Stranger who Killed the King | 33 |
| VII. | | Why the Bat flies by Night | 36 |
| VIII. | | The Disobedient Daughter who Married a Skull | 38 |
| IX. | | The King who Married the Cock's Daughter | 42 |
| X. | | Concerning the Woman, the Ape, and the Child | 46 |
| XI. | | The Fish and The Leopard's Wife; or, Why the Fish lives in the Water | 49 |
| XII. | | Why the Bat is Ashamed to be seen in the Daytime | 51 |
| XIII. | | Why the Worms live Underneath the Ground | 56 |
| XIV. | | The Elephant and the Tortoise; or, Why the Worms are Blind and the Elephant has Small Eyes | 58 |
| XV. | | Why a Hawk kills Chickens | 62 |
| XVI. | | Why the Sun and the Moon live in the Sky | 64 |
| XVII. | | Why the Flies Bother the Cows | 66 |
| XVIII. | | Why the Cat kills Rats | 68 |
| XIX. | | The Story of the Lightning and the Thunder | 70 |
| XX. | | Why the Bush Cow and the Elephant are bad Friends | 72 |
| XXI. | | The Cock who caused a Fight between two Towns | 76 |
| XXII. | | The Affair of the Hippopotamus and the Tortoise; or, Why the Hippopotamus lives in the Water | 79 |
| XXIII. | | Why Dead People are Buried | 81 |
| XXIV. | | Of the Fat Woman who Melted Away | 83 |
| XXV. | | Concerning the Leopard, the Squirrel, and the Tortoise | 86 |
| XXVI. | | Why the Moon Waxes and Wanes | 91 |
| XXVII. | | The Story of the Leopard, the Tortoise, and the Bush Rat | 93 |
| XXVIII. | | The King and the Ju Ju Tree | 98 |
| XXIX. | | How the Tortoise overcame the Elephant and the Hippopotamus | 104 |
| XXX. | | Of the Pretty Girl and the Seven Jealous Women | 107 |
| XXXI. | | How the Cannibals drove the People from Insofan Mountain to the Cross River (Ikom) | 115 |
| XXXII. | | The Lucky Fisherman | 119 |
| XXXIII. | | The Orphan Boy and the Magic Stone | 121 |
| XXXIV. | | The Slave Girl who tried to Kill her Mistress | 126 |
| XXXV. | | The King and the 'Nsiat Bird | 133 |
| XXXVI. | | Concerning the Fate of Essido and his Evil Companions | 135 |
| XXXVII. | | Concerning the Hawk and the Owl | 142 |
| XXXVIII. | | The Story of the Drummer and the Alligators | 145 |
| XXXIX. | | The 'Nsasak Bird and the Odudu Bird | 153 |
| XL. | | The Election of the King Bird (the black-and-white Fishing Eagle) | 156 |
