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

Tests of Death—Second Version

TALE 4

Tasks Done for a Wife

TALE 5

A Tug-of-War

TALE 6

Agĕnda: Rat’s Play on a Name

TALE 7

“Nuts Are Eaten Because of Angângwe”; 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

TALE 1

Swine Talking

TALE 2

Crocodile

TALE 3

Origin of the Elephant

TALE 4

Leopard’s Marriage Journey

TALE 5

Tortoise in a Race

TALE 6

Goat’s Tournament

TALE 7

Why Goats Became Domestic

TALE 8

Igwana’s Forked Tongue

TALE 9

What Caused their Deaths?

TALE 10

A Quarrel About Seniority

TALE 11

The Magic Drum

TALE 12

The Lies of Tortoise

TALE 13

“Death Begins By Some One Person”: A Proverb

TALE 14

Tortoise and the Bojabi Tree

TALE 15

The Suitors Of Njambo’s Daughter

TALE 16

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

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

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-Tyĕtyĕ and An Origin of the Leopard

TALE 34

A Snake’s Skin Looks Like a Snake

PART THIRD

Fang Tribe

FOREWORD

TALE 1

Candor

TALE 2

Which is the Better Hunter, an Eagle or a Leopard?

TALE 3

A Lesson in Evolution

TALE 4

Parrot Standing on One Leg

TALE 5

A Question of Right of Inheritance

TALE 6

Tortoise Covers His Ignorance

TALE 7

A Question as to Age

TALE 8

Abundance: A Play on the Meaning of a Word

TALE 9

An Oath, With a Mental Reservation

TALE 10

The Treachery of Tortoise

TALE 11

A Chain of Circumstances

INDEX

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