PREFACE
PRONUNCIATION
CONTENTS
PART FIRST
Mpongwe
FOREWORD
TALE 1
Do Not Trust Your Friend
TALE 2
Leopard's Hunting Camp
TALE 3
Tests of Death 1st Version
TALE 3 (2)
Tests of Death Second Version
TALE 4
Tasks Done for a Wife
TALE 5
A Tug-of-War
TALE 6
Ag?nda: Rat's Play on a Name
TALE 7
"Nuts Are Eaten Because of Angangwe"; A Proverb
TALE 8
Who Are Crocodile's Relatives?
TALE 9
Who is King of Birds?
TALE 10
"Njiwo Died of Sleep": A Proverb
TALE 11
Which is the Fattest?
TALE 12
Why Mosquitoes Buzz
TALE 13
Unkind Criticism
TALE 14
The Suitors of Princess Gorilla
TALE 15
Leopard of the Fine Skin
TALE 16
Why The Plantain-Stalk Bears But One Bunch
PART SECOND
Benga Tribe
FOREWORD (2)
TALE 1 (2)
Swine Talking
TALE 2 (2)
Crocodile
TALE 3 (3)
Origin of the Elephant
TALE 4 (2)
Leopard's Marriage Journey
TALE 5 (2)
Tortoise in a Race
TALE 6 (2)
Goat's Tournament
TALE 7 (2)
Why Goats Became Domestic
TALE 8 (2)
Igwana's Forked Tongue
TALE 9 (2)
What Caused their Deaths?
TALE 10 (2)
A Quarrel About Seniority
TALE 11 (2)
The Magic Drum
TALE 12 (2)
The Lies of Tortoise
TALE 13 (2)
"Death Begins By Some One Person": A Proverb
TALE 14 (2)
Tortoise and the Bojabi Tree
TALE 15 (2)
The Suitors Of Njambo's Daughter
TALE 16 (2)
Tortoise, Dog, Leopard and the Njabi Fruit
TALE 17
A Journey for Salt
TALE 18
A Plea for Mercy
TALE 19
The Deceptions of Tortoise
TALE 20
Leopard's Hunting Companions
TALE 21
Is the Bat a Bird or a Beast?
TALE 22
Dog, and His Human Speech (1st Version)
TALE 22 (2)
Dog, and His Human Speech (2nd Version)
TALE 23
The Savior of the Animals
TALE 24
Origins of the Ivory Trade (1st Version)
TALE 24 (2)
Origin of the Ivory Trade (2nd Version)
TALE 25
Dog and His False Friend Leopard
TALE 26
A Trick for Vengeance
TALE 27
Not My Fault!
TALE 28
Do Not Impose on the Weak
TALE 29
Borrowed Clothes
TALE 30
The Story of a Panic
TALE 31
A Family Quarrel
TALE 32
The Giant Goat
TALE 33
The Fights of Mbuma-Ty?ty? and An Origin of the Leopard
TALE 34
A Snake's Skin Looks Like a Snake
PART THIRD
Fang Tribe
FOREWORD (3)
TALE 1 (3)
Candor
TALE 2 (3)
Which is the Better Hunter, an Eagle or a Leopard?
TALE 3 (4)
A Lesson in Evolution
TALE 4 (3)
Parrot Standing on One Leg
TALE 5 (3)
A Question of Right of Inheritance
TALE 6 (3)
Tortoise Covers His Ignorance
TALE 7 (3)
A Question as to Age
TALE 8 (3)
Abundance: A Play on the Meaning of a Word
TALE 9 (3)
An Oath, With a Mental Reservation
TALE 10 (3)
The Treachery of Tortoise
TALE 11 (3)
A Chain of Circumstances
INDEX
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Copyright 1912 by Richard G. Badger All rights reserved
The Gorham Press, Boston, U. S. A.
