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Where Animals Talk

by Robert Hamill Nassau

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  1. 1Preface
  2. 2Pronunciation
  3. 3Part First — Mpongwe
  4. 4Tale 1 — Do Not Trust Your Friend
  5. 5Tale 2 — Leopard’s Hunting Camp
  6. 6Tale 3 — Tests of Death — 1st Version
  7. 7Tale 3 — Tests of Death — Second Version
  8. 8Tale 4 — Tasks Done for a Wife
  9. 9Tale 5 — A Tug-of-War
  10. 10Tale 6 — Agĕnda: Rat’s Play on a Name
  11. 11Tale 7 — “Nuts Are Eaten Because of Angângwe”; A Proverb
  12. 12Tale 8 — Who Are Crocodile’s Relatives?
  13. 13Tale 9 — Who Is King of Birds?
  14. 14Tale 10 — “Njiwo Died of Sleep”: A Proverb
  15. 15Tale 11 — Which Is the Fattest?
  16. 16Tale 12 — Why Mosquitoes Buzz
  17. 17Tale 13 — Unkind Criticism
  18. 18Tale 14 — The Suitors of Princess Gorilla
  19. 19Tale 15 — Leopard of the Fine Skin
  20. 20Tale 16 — Why the Plantain-Stalk Bears but One Bunch
  21. 21Part Second — Benga Tribe
  22. 22Tale 1 — Swine Talking
  23. 23Tale 2 — Crocodile
  24. 24Tale 3 — Origin of the Elephant
  25. 25Tale 4 — Leopard’s Marriage Journey
  26. 26Tale 5 — Tortoise in a Race
  27. 27Tale 6 — Goat’s Tournament
  28. 28Tale 7 — Why Goats Became Domestic
  29. 29Tale 8 — Igwana’s Forked Tongue
  30. 30Tale 9 — What Caused Their Deaths?
  31. 31Tale 10 — A Quarrel About Seniority
  32. 32Tale 11 — The Magic Drum
  33. 33Tale 12 — The Lies of Tortoise
  34. 34Tale 13 — “Death Begins by Some One Person”: A Proverb
  35. 35Tale 14 — Tortoise and the Bojabi Tree
  36. 36Tale 15 — The Suitors of Njambo’s Daughter
  37. 37Tale 16 — Tortoise, Dog, Leopard and the Njabi Fruit
  38. 38Tale 17 — A Journey for Salt
  39. 39Tale 18 — A Plea for Mercy
  40. 40Tale 19 — The Deceptions of Tortoise
  41. 41Tale 20 — Leopard’s Hunting Companions
  42. 42Tale 21 — Is the Bat a Bird or a Beast?
  43. 43Tale 22 — Dog, and His Human Speech (1st Version)
  44. 44Tale 22 — Dog, and His Human Speech (2nd Version)
  45. 45Tale 23 — The Savior of the Animals
  46. 46Tale 24 — Origins of the Ivory Trade (1st Version)
  47. 47Tale 24 — Origin of the Ivory Trade (2nd Version)
  48. 48Tale 25 — Dog and His False Friend Leopard
  49. 49Tale 26 — A Trick for Vengeance
  50. 50Tale 27 — Not My Fault!
  51. 51Tale 28 — Do Not Impose on the Weak
  52. 52Tale 29 — Borrowed Clothes
  53. 53Tale 30 — The Story of a Panic
  54. 54Tale 31 — A Family Quarrel
  55. 55Tale 32 — The Giant Goat
  56. 56Tale 33 — The Fights of Mbuma-Tyĕtyĕ and an Origin of the Leopard
  57. 57Tale 34 — A Snake’s Skin Looks Like a Snake
  58. 58Part Third — Fang Tribe
  59. 59Tale 1 — Candor
  60. 60Tale 2 — Which Is the Better Hunter, an Eagle or a Leopard?
  61. 61Tale 3 — A Lesson in Evolution
  62. 62Tale 4 — Parrot Standing on One Leg
  63. 63Tale 5 — A Question of Right of Inheritance
  64. 64Tale 6 — Tortoise Covers His Ignorance
  65. 65Tale 7 — A Question as to Age
  66. 66Tale 8 — Abundance: A Play on the Meaning of a Word
  67. 67Tale 9 — An Oath, With a Mental Reservation
  68. 68Tale 10 — The Treachery of Tortoise
  69. 69Tale 11 — A Chain of Circumstances

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