Where Animals Talk: West African Folk Lore Tales

CONTENTS

Part First

TALE		PAGE
1	Do not Trust your Friend	13
2	Leopard’s Hunting-Camp	18
3	Tests of Death: 1st Version	25
	Tests of Death: 2nd Version	27
4	Tasks done for a Wife; and, The Giant Goat	30
5	A Tug-of-War	37
6	Agenda: Rat’s Play on a Name	41
7	“Nuts are Eaten Because of AngÂngwe”: A Proverb	49
8	Who are Crocodile’s Relatives?	53
9	Who is King of Birds? and, Why Chickens live with Mankind	54
10	“Njiwo Died of Sleep:” A Proverb	58
11	Which is the Fattest:—Manatus, Hog, or Oyster?	60
12	Why Mosquitoes Buzz	62
13	Unkind Criticism	63
14	The Suitors of Princess Gorilla	65
15	Leopard of the Fine Skin	68
16	Why the Plantain-Stalk Bears but One Bunch	76

Part Second

1	Swine Talking	81
2	Crocodile	82
3	Origin of the Elephant	82
4	Leopard’s Marriage Journey	85
5	Tortoise in a Race	95
6	Goat’s Tournament	99
7	Why Goats Became Domestic	100
8	Igwana’s Forked Tongue	103
9	What Caused their Deaths?	106
10	A Quarrel about Seniority	109
11	The Magic Drum	113
12	The Lies of Tortoise	121
13	“Death Begins by Some One Person”: A Proverb	126
14	Tortoise and the Bojabi Tree	129
15	The Suitors of Njambo’s Daughter	134
16	Tortoise, Dog, Leopard, and the Njabi Fruit	140
17	A Journey for Salt	145
18	A Plea for Mercy	149
19	The Deceptions of Tortoise	153
20	Leopard’s Hunting Companions	159
21	Is the Bat a Bird or a Beast?	163
22	Dog, and his Human Speech, 1st Version	165
	Dog, and his Human Speech, 2nd Version	168
23	The Savior of the Animals	173
24	Origin of the Ivory Trade, 1st Version	177
	Origin of the Ivory Trade, 2nd Version	184
25	Dog and his False Friend Leopard	189
26	A Trick for Vengeance	192
27	Not My Fault!	195
28	Do not Impose on the Weak	196
29	Borrowed Clothes	198
30	The Story of a Panic	200
31	A Family Quarrel	201
32	The Giant Goat	202
33	The Fights of Mbuma-Tyetye; and, An Origin of Leopard	208
34	A Snake’s Skin Looks like a Snake	226

Part Third

1	Candor	233
2	Which is the Better Hunter, an Eagle or a Leopard?	234
3	A Lesson in Evolution	234
4	Parrot Standing on One Leg	235
5	A Question of Right of Inheritance	237
6	Tortoise Covers His Ignorance	238
7	A Question as to Age	239
8	Abundance: A Play on the Meaning of a Word	240
9	An Oath: With a Mental Reservation	242
10	The Treachery of Tortoise	243
11	A Chain of Circumstances	245

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