tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-69892201658309377682024-03-18T21:45:24.770-04:00Tiny Tales: Traditional Stories in 100 WordsLaura Gibbshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04994025992373244815noreply@blogger.comBlogger2844125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6989220165830937768.post-13349515327730862412023-07-04T12:07:00.002-04:002023-08-13T14:00:57.503-04:00The Boar and the Ram<div>The butcher had bound a sheep, then slit her throat; the flock stood round about in silence. </div><div>Meanwhile, a wild boar walked by and snorted, "Cowards! You are many and the butcher is only one. Why don't you defend yourselves?"</div><div>Then an old ram bleated in reply, "Unlike you, we have no tusks; we cannot fight these men ourselves. But wait: divine justice will avenge us, and mankind will suffer for the wrongs they do. We sheep live in peace, unlike these men: they butcher one another! Wars and worse are coming for so-called mankind, and nothing can save them."</div><div><br /></div><hr /><br />
<em>Inspired by</em>: "The Wild Boar and the Ram" in <i><a href="https://lkgaesop.blogspot.com/2023/07/john-gay-1.html">The Fables of John Gay</a></i>.<br />
<em>Notes</em>: The illustration is by William Harvey.<br /><div align="center"><br class="Apple-interchange-newline" /><img border="0" data-original-height="760" data-original-width="776" height="391" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoIVIdpbGq0YZqI42WppQ1vl42baA32Fbp2jN3E1MdC45y_RYLgMp6Uk4kL1iFRFb2VdKw06iHDSfIwdNGfxybYbPyo0s9pgA5GsZLqqoZ4QWX6o-G7oV16NCJGaAiRW4le3GvbCxXG8sN9PM6HBZWybVvm5tMaQMSCZEQduldIP6YfVB2HUHBnlxL0HdE/w400-h391/fablesofjohngayw00gayjuoft_0076.jpeg" style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-radius: 0px; border: 1px solid transparent; box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2) 0px 0px 0px; color: #3778cd; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; padding: 8px; position: relative;" width="400" /></div>
Laura Gibbshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04994025992373244815noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6989220165830937768.post-20529808801540288802023-01-15T19:50:00.004-05:002023-07-04T11:58:31.129-04:00Wisahketchahk and the Shut-Eye DancersWisahketchahk was hungry. Then he saw geese... ducks... food!<div>So Wisahketchahk began to sing.</div><div>"What's that song?" asked the birds.</div><div>"It's the Shut-Eye-Dance song!" replied Wisahketchahk.</div><div>"Please teach us this dance!" begged the foolish birds.</div><div>Wisahketchahk smiled. He built a lodge and invited them in.</div><div>"Shut your eyes while I'm singing," he said, and the birds shut their eyes.</div><div>Wisahketchahk sang. The birds danced. </div><div>One by one Wisahketchahk strangled the birds.</div><div>But Helldiver opened his eyes... and saw. </div><div>"Wisahketchahk's killing us!" he squawked, running away with the other bird survivors.</div><div>Wisahketchahk just laughed. "Run! I've got plenty of food now!"</div><div><br /></div><div><hr /><br />
<em>Inspired by</em>: "The Shut-Eye Dancers" in <b><i><a href="https://archive.org/details/sacredstoriesofs0001bloo">Sacred Stories of the Sweet Grass Cree</a></i></b> by Leonard Bloomfield, 1930.<br />
<em>Notes</em>: You can read <b><a href="https://archive.org/details/sacredstoriesofs0001bloo/page/34/mode/2up">the original story in both Cree and English</a></b> translation online at the Internet Archive, and also <b><a href="https://archive.org/details/sacredstoriesofs0001bloo/page/n10/mode/1up?view=theater">information about the storytellers</a></b>; this story was told by Coming-Day, who was an old man when Bloomfield collected these stories in 1925 on the Sweetgrass Reserve in Saskatchewan. You can find out more about <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wisakedjak">Wisahketchahk at Wikipedia</a></b>, and you can find out more about the red-necked grebe, a.k.a. Helldiver here: <b><a href="https://www.nwf.org/Magazines/National-Wildlife/1999/Helldiver">National Wildlife Federation: Helldiver</a></b>, This is a very famous trickster tale, and you can find similar stories told about other tricksters of the Plains and beyond. There's a <b><a href="https://archive.org/details/sacredstoriesofs0001bloo/page/38/mode/2up?view=theater">sequel to the story</a></b> too where Fox arrives and ends up getting to eat all the geese and ducks that Wisahketchahk has killed; in other versions of the story, it is Coyote who gets all the food in the end.</div><div><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSBvUv1aBpuM1TctUvUReAtIqe16ko3WP94C184gABYDNDr_L1XN4t_NrR8oeqXoe9R4p3w65627QNRXVASaHl65oEFbgMIwPZV0FuBNlYB9VqirrXHb1n34_Rj8UGpT8AGg5zzvO0eArpwgvof_t5X0J6euw1MIGrOoXIfEl3vkbYwX4ZZEQ3rD-P/s791/Kamloops%E2%80%A6on_the_McQueen_Lk__O__map%E2%80%A6Red_Necked_Grebe_(8882980651).jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="525" data-original-width="791" height="265" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSBvUv1aBpuM1TctUvUReAtIqe16ko3WP94C184gABYDNDr_L1XN4t_NrR8oeqXoe9R4p3w65627QNRXVASaHl65oEFbgMIwPZV0FuBNlYB9VqirrXHb1n34_Rj8UGpT8AGg5zzvO0eArpwgvof_t5X0J6euw1MIGrOoXIfEl3vkbYwX4ZZEQ3rD-P/w400-h265/Kamloops%E2%80%A6on_the_McQueen_Lk__O__map%E2%80%A6Red_Necked_Grebe_(8882980651).jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><div align="center"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Kamloops%E2%80%A6on_the_McQueen_Lk_%22O%22_map%E2%80%A6Red_Necked_Grebe_%288882980651%29.jpg" style="text-align: left;">red-necked grebe a.k.a. Helldiver</a></div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center"><br /></div>
</div>Laura Gibbshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04994025992373244815noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6989220165830937768.post-32297003242633663472022-08-28T17:58:00.000-04:002023-07-04T11:43:48.329-04:00The Return of the Sun<div>Each morning Sun shone down on the Wampanoag people, but they squinted and put their hands over their faces.</div><div>Angry at their reaction, the Sun refused to rise again.</div><div>"Help!" the people shouted. "Save us from the darkness."</div><div>Maushop the Giant heard them and walked across the Ocean to find Sun. </div><div>When Sun refused to return, Maushop asked Spider to spin a net, and then Maushop caught Sun in the net and carried him back to Wampanoag country. 'The Wampanoag people rejoiced to see Sun again, and each morning they give thanks, so the Sun returns happily again and again.</div><hr /><br />
<em>Inspired by</em>: "Greeting the Sun, A Maushop Story (Wampanoag)" in<i> Four Ancestors: Stories, Songs, and Poems from Native North America</i> by Joseph Bruchac, 1996.<br />
<em>Notes</em>: You can read the original story <b><a href="https://archive.org/details/fourancestorssto0000bruc/page/9/mode/1up?view=theater">online at the Internet Archive</a></b>. In the original story there is more detail, like Maushop being able to cross the ocean in just a few steps, and how he visits the Wampanoag people before going to visit the Sun, stepping carefully so he does not crush them underfoot in the dark. You can read more about the Wampanoag people at <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wampanoag">Wikipedia</a></b>.<br /><br /><div align="center"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrp-IpvC79sEop2TkVOrG3phP1lNaryVUHN90XNRNdg9pEnV7_eTRiAnt5etuW6NGfNsh-FL4srVKVyEqS2TCaVSy6x42nCnYE2Qno3U5UUXI5mrBxDz_wE6ayRJfYxIRmp1OIZ3r07_wUholMBX0kfBlblCkNDQ3fqFSy3lTJEP0_T3oNlsNcNn8S/s400/44163068204_d2ea3cb881_w.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="300" data-original-width="400" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrp-IpvC79sEop2TkVOrG3phP1lNaryVUHN90XNRNdg9pEnV7_eTRiAnt5etuW6NGfNsh-FL4srVKVyEqS2TCaVSy6x42nCnYE2Qno3U5UUXI5mrBxDz_wE6ayRJfYxIRmp1OIZ3r07_wUholMBX0kfBlblCkNDQ3fqFSy3lTJEP0_T3oNlsNcNn8S/w400-h300/44163068204_d2ea3cb881_w.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div align="center"><span style="text-align: left;">sunrise photo by Robert Laliberte at </span><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/rlonpine/44163068204" style="text-align: left;">Flickr</a></div>
Laura Gibbshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04994025992373244815noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6989220165830937768.post-78393028566076474022022-08-26T22:37:00.000-04:002023-07-04T11:37:08.595-04:00Tiny Tales from Africa: The Animals 1<div style="text-align: center;"><b>VOLUME 1</b> - Go to <a href="https://microfables.blogspot.com/2021/11/tiny-tales-from-africa-animals-volume-2_29.html">Volume 2</a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><hr />Welcome to <b><i>Tiny Tales from Africa: The Animals (volume 1)</i></b>. This is a collection of two hundred stories from Africa featuring animal characters, and each story is just 100 words long. And... <b><a href="https://microfables.blogspot.com/2021/11/tiny-tales-from-africa-animals-volume-2_29.html">Volume 2 is available now also</a></b>! </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">In addition, you might also be interested in <b><i><a href="https://Bibliography.LauraGibbs.net">The Reader's Guide to African Folklore at the Internet Archive</a></i></b>, and also <b><i><a href="https://archive.org/details/pub-domain-african-proverbs/">Texts of African Proverbs and Riddles in the Public Domain</a></i></b>.<br /><div style="text-align: center;"><hr /><b><a href="https://africa.lauragibbs.net/african1.pdf" target="_blank">PDF</a></b> - <b style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://africa.lauragibbs.net/african1.epub" target="_blank">EPUB</a></b> - <b style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://africa.lauragibbs.net/african1.html" target="_blank">HTML</a></b> - <b style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://microfables.blogspot.com/2021/10/african-animal-tales-1-audiobook.html" target="_blank">Audio</a></b> - <b><a href="https://archive.org/details/africantinytales1/">Internet Archive</a></b> - <b><a href="https://microfables.blogspot.com/2021/10/tiny-tales-from-africa-stories-at-random.html" target="_blank">Random</a></b><br />Amazon: <a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09KQ815V1" target="_blank">Kindle</a> - <a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09KN65G5Z" target="_blank">Paperback</a><hr /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi5c8FIjAF4PDhIQ9PybOpAK690cJxfkUe4kHrExia-hfbbiCkF-XyFM1OVBE17V8YAqwayoj2a2rmarFvxV6A9Fu_Hgy7pqUZyYZ78ZXra5KwBOPaBtAPvDLnQCDW6nH9f--IwAc6macjSnj5ofnFiE-RP0CD0XJe1nTNFLRfswAndXC9ryy1J470J=s2048" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="1142" data-original-width="2048" height="223" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi5c8FIjAF4PDhIQ9PybOpAK690cJxfkUe4kHrExia-hfbbiCkF-XyFM1OVBE17V8YAqwayoj2a2rmarFvxV6A9Fu_Hgy7pqUZyYZ78ZXra5KwBOPaBtAPvDLnQCDW6nH9f--IwAc6macjSnj5ofnFiE-RP0CD0XJe1nTNFLRfswAndXC9ryy1J470J=w400-h223" width="400" /></a></div><br /><b>Creative Commons</b>. 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You can see the stories displayed at random, and you can also copy-and-paste the <b><a href="https://microfables.blogspot.com/2021/10/tiny-tales-from-africa-stories-at-random.html" target="_blank">javascript code</a></b> if you want to use the randomizer in your own blog or website.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><a href="Randomizer. You can see the stories displayed at random, and you can also copy-and-paste the javascript code if you want to use the randomizer in your own blog or website." target="_blank">Internet Archive</a></b>. There is a copy of the book at the Internet Archive which is great for searching; you can page through the book based on search results, like "rabbit" for example:</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj6bk8gyQdqhjCIeSmKGY-kcaSNTckWECjINj72sD4_Sotds3G9PL0bSnT0BY9ZySkYJrGlvHq2kKf5qqvpLnArX96q2iT9vZCKn5Uve04RZ9pLYEqKEFppIhN8XulX4dwCIJY-T6YWmHmUqgonaSlkEC3ykY8CEQLb__ehYm215Iy-m57BtNP16dQs=s2048" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1106" data-original-width="2048" height="216" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj6bk8gyQdqhjCIeSmKGY-kcaSNTckWECjINj72sD4_Sotds3G9PL0bSnT0BY9ZySkYJrGlvHq2kKf5qqvpLnArX96q2iT9vZCKn5Uve04RZ9pLYEqKEFppIhN8XulX4dwCIJY-T6YWmHmUqgonaSlkEC3ykY8CEQLb__ehYm215Iy-m57BtNP16dQs=w400-h216" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09KQ815V1" target="_blank"><b>Kindle</b></a>. You can purchase a <b><a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09KQ815V1" target="_blank">Kindle edition</a></b> from Amazon for 99 cents.<br /><br /><b><a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09KN65G5Z" target="_blank">Paperback</a></b>. You can order a <b><a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09KN65G5Z" target="_blank">paperback edition</a></b> from Amazon (free Prime shipping) for $6.25.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /><div style="text-align: center;">~ ~ ~</div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><b><i>TINY TALES FROM AFRICA: THE ANIMALS</i></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><i>(volume 1)<br />A Book of Two Hundred 100-Word Stories</i></b></div><br /><br /><b>ABOUT THIS BOOK</b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><p>This is the first in what I hope will be a long series of books about African animal tales. You will meet tricksters here like Rabbit (ancestor of Brer Rabbit and Tio Conejo), along with Tortoise, Spider, and more. There are “pourquoi” stories about why Bat flies at night and why Lemur’s eyes are big. There are also stories of magical transformations, like the woman who became a lion. The stories come from many different African traditions; see the list of sources in the back of the book. You can find out more and also listen to an audiobook at <strong><a href="https://africa.lauragibbs.net/">Africa.LauraGibbs.net</a></strong>.</p><p class="no-indent">The paragraph you just read is 100 words long, as is this paragraph, and that’s also the length of each story in this book. The stories go fast, but you can slow down when you find one you like. Read it again. Read it aloud. Let it sink in. Maybe even write your own version of the story, using your imagination to add more details. Meanwhile, if you don’t like a story, don’t get bogged down; just move on to the next one. You can find many more African animal tales, along with 100-word stories from other cultural traditions, at <strong><a href="https://100words.lauragibbs.net/" target="_blank">100Words.LauraGibbs.net</a></strong>.</p></div><div><b>BLOG POSTS</b></div><div><b><br /></b></div><div>The <b><a href="https://microfables.blogspot.com/search/label/African%3A%20Book%201" target="_blank">individual blog posts</a></b> contain additional information for each story.</div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://microfables.blogspot.com/2021/08/greedy-spider-and-his-children.html" target="_blank">1. Greedy Spider and his Children</a>.<br />
<a href="https://microfables.blogspot.com/2021/08/anansi-and-ghosts.html" target="_blank">2. Spider and the Singing Ghosts</a>.<br />
<a href="https://microfables.blogspot.com/2021/07/how-monkeys-got-their-tails.html" target="_blank">3. How the Monkeys Got Their Tails</a>.<br />
<a href="https://microfables.blogspot.com/2021/07/the-elephants-short-tail.html" target="_blank">4. How the Animals Got Their Tails</a>.<br />
<a href="https://microfables.blogspot.com/2021/09/the-rabbits-and-elephants.html" target="_blank">5. The Rabbits and the Elephants</a>.<br />
<a href="https://microfables.blogspot.com/2021/08/why-crocodile-has-no-tongue.html" target="_blank">6. The Crocodile and the Leguan</a>.<br />
<a href="https://microfables.blogspot.com/2021/08/the-woman-and-her-cocoyams.html" target="_blank">7. The Woman and Her Yams</a>.<br />
<a href="https://microfables.blogspot.com/2021/07/how-jackal-got-his-stripe.html" target="_blank">8. The Sun and the Jackal</a>.<br />
<a href="https://microfables.blogspot.com/2021/08/leopard-and-hyena.html" target="_blank">9. The Leopard and the Hyena</a>.<br />
<a href="https://microfables.blogspot.com/2021/09/the-parrot-and-chicken.html" target="_blank">10. The Parrot and the Hen</a>.<br />
<a href="https://microfables.blogspot.com/2021/08/shrew-brings-fire.html" target="_blank">11. The Lemur and the Shrew</a>.<br />
<a href="https://microfables.blogspot.com/2021/08/the-mans-fire.html" target="_blank">12. The First Fire</a>.<br />
<a href="https://microfables.blogspot.com/2021/07/the-animals-and-fire.html" target="_blank">13. The Animals and the Fire</a>.<br />
<a href="https://microfables.blogspot.com/2021/08/jackal-dog-and-fire.html" target="_blank">14. The Jackal Sends the Dog to Get Fire</a>.<br />
<a href="https://microfables.blogspot.com/2021/08/the-dogs-of-long-ago.html" target="_blank">15. The Dogs of Long Ago</a>.<br />
<a href="https://microfables.blogspot.com/2021/08/the-sea-turtles-advice.html" target="_blank">16. The People and the Sea-Turtle</a>.<br />
<a href="https://microfables.blogspot.com/2021/09/grandmother-crocodile.html" target="_blank">17. Grandmother Crocodile</a>.<br />
<a href="https://microfables.blogspot.com/2021/09/the-hippopotamus-and-crocodile.html" target="_blank">18. The Hippopotamus and the Crocodile</a>.<br />
<a href="https://microfables.blogspot.com/2021/09/thunder-elephant-and-man.html" target="_blank">19. The Three Creatures</a>.<br />
<a href="https://microfables.blogspot.com/2021/09/lightning-and-thunder.html" target="_blank">20. The Ram and His Mother</a>.<br />
<a href="https://microfables.blogspot.com/2021/09/the-bat-and-dove.html" target="_blank">21. The Bat and the Dove</a>.<br />
<a href="https://microfables.blogspot.com/2021/09/bats-secret-for-tasty-soup.html" target="_blank">22. The Cane-Rat and the Bat</a>.<br />
<a href="https://microfables.blogspot.com/2021/08/cow-as-hostess-at-feast.html" target="_blank">23. The Queen's Feast</a>.<br />
<a href="https://microfables.blogspot.com/2021/08/why-guinea-fowl-cant-fly.html" target="_blank">24. God and the Birds</a>.<br />
<a href="https://microfables.blogspot.com/2021/08/mosquito-and-ears.html" target="_blank">25. The Mosquito and the Ears</a>.<br />
<a href="https://microfables.blogspot.com/2021/08/tortoise-rewards-pig.html" target="_blank">26. The Tortoise and the Pig</a>.<br />
<a href="https://microfables.blogspot.com/2021/08/jackal-and-hyena-eating-clouds.html" target="_blank">27. The Jackal and the Hyena</a>.<br />
<a href="https://microfables.blogspot.com/2021/09/elephant-and-rhinoceros.html" target="_blank">28. The Elephant and the Rhinoceros</a>.<br />
<a href="https://microfables.blogspot.com/2021/09/little-frog-and-little-snake.html" target="_blank">29. The Little Frog and the Little Snake</a>.<br />
<a href="https://microfables.blogspot.com/2021/09/why-fish-lives-in-water.html" target="_blank">30. The Fish and the Leopard</a>.<br />
<a href="https://microfables.blogspot.com/2021/08/a-lesson-for-leopard.html" target="_blank">31. The Leopard and the Man</a>.<br />
<a href="https://microfables.blogspot.com/2021/09/the-leopard-and-lions.html" target="_blank">32. Lion's Family and the Leopard</a>.<br />
<a href="https://microfables.blogspot.com/2021/08/the-flying-lion.html" target="_blank">33. The Flying Lion</a>.<br />
<a href="https://microfables.blogspot.com/2021/07/the-first-lion.html" target="_blank">34. The First Lion</a>.<br />
<a href="https://microfables.blogspot.com/2021/07/there-was-woman-who-had-three-children.html" target="_blank">35. The First Baboons</a>.<br />
<a href="https://microfables.blogspot.com/2021/08/the-origin-of-fish.html" target="_blank">36. The First Fish</a>.<br />
<a href="https://microfables.blogspot.com/2021/08/the-origin-of-snakes.html" target="_blank">37. The First Snake</a>.<br />
<a href="https://microfables.blogspot.com/2021/08/the-origin-of-birds.html" target="_blank">38. The First Bird</a>.<br />
<a href="https://microfables.blogspot.com/2021/09/the-cattle-and-buffalo.html" target="_blank">39. The Cattle and the Buffalo</a>.<br />
<a href="https://microfables.blogspot.com/2021/07/the-rabbits-mixed-up-message.html" target="_blank">40. The Rabbit and the Moon</a>.<br />
<a href="https://microfables.blogspot.com/2021/07/gods-messengers-chameleon-and-lizard.html" target="_blank">41. The Chameleon and the Lizard</a>.<br />
<a href="https://microfables.blogspot.com/2021/07/why-people-bury-dead.html" target="_blank">42. The Dog and the Sheep</a>.<br />
<a href="https://microfables.blogspot.com/2021/08/the-dogs-message.html" target="_blank">43. The Dog's Message</a>.<br />
<a href="https://microfables.blogspot.com/2021/08/the-origin-of-death.html" target="_blank">44. The People Who Wanted to Live Forever</a>.<br />
<a href="https://microfables.blogspot.com/2021/08/the-hyena-and-sick-man.html" target="_blank">45. The Hyena Who Waited</a>.<br />
<a href="https://microfables.blogspot.com/2021/09/the-birds-and-their-servant.html" target="_blank">46. The Birds and their Servants</a>.<br />
<a href="https://microfables.blogspot.com/2021/08/the-dog-and-cow.html" target="_blank">47. The Dog and the Cow</a>.<br />
<a href="https://microfables.blogspot.com/2021/09/squirrel-and-vipers-nest.html" target="_blank">48. The Squirrel and the Viper</a>.<br />
<a href="https://microfables.blogspot.com/2021/08/frog-and-his-two-wives.html" target="_blank">49. The Frog and His Two Wives</a>.<br />
<a href="https://microfables.blogspot.com/2021/08/the-animals-and-rain.html" target="_blank">50. The Animals and the Rain</a>.<br />
<a href="https://microfables.blogspot.com/2021/08/the-frog-learns-about-water.html" target="_blank">51. The Frog and the Water</a>.<br />
<a href="https://microfables.blogspot.com/2021/08/wild-hog-and-boar.html" target="_blank">52. The Boar and the Hog</a>.<br />
<a href="https://microfables.blogspot.com/2021/08/rooster-steals-sun.html" target="_blank">53. The Rooster and the Sun</a>.<br />
<a href="https://microfables.blogspot.com/2021/08/leopard-and-his-drum.html" target="_blank">54. The Leopard and His Drum</a>.<br />
<a href="https://microfables.blogspot.com/2021/09/spider-shepherd.html" target="_blank">55. The Spider and Lion's Ram</a>.<br />
<a href="https://microfables.blogspot.com/2021/09/spider-in-storeroom.html" target="_blank">56. The Spider in the Storeroom</a>.<br />
<a href="https://microfables.blogspot.com/2021/07/jackal-hyena-and-mans-lard.html" target="_blank">57. When the Jackal and the Hyena Were Servants</a>.<br />
<a href="https://microfables.blogspot.com/2021/02/the-corn-thief.html" target="_blank">58. King Lion and the Corn-Thief</a>.<br />
<a href="https://microfables.blogspot.com/2021/09/rabbit-baboon-and-peanuts.html" target="_blank">59. The Rabbit, the Baboon, and the Peanuts</a>.<br />
<a href="https://microfables.blogspot.com/2021/08/monkey-does-wildcat-favor.html" target="_blank">60. The Wildcat and the Monkey</a>.<br />
<a href="https://microfables.blogspot.com/2021/08/wildcat-gets-her-revenge.html" target="_blank">61. The Wildcat's Revenge</a>.<br />
<a href="https://microfables.blogspot.com/2021/09/the-birds-fasting-contest.html" target="_blank">62. The Birds' Fasting Contest</a>.<br />
<a href="https://microfables.blogspot.com/2021/08/the-elephant-and-rooster.html" target="_blank">63. The Elephant and the Rooster</a>.<br />
<a href="https://microfables.blogspot.com/2021/08/elephant-and-goats-eating-contest.html" target="_blank">64. The Elephant and the Goat</a>.<br />
<a href="https://microfables.blogspot.com/2021/09/the-jumping-tortoise.html" target="_blank">65. The Elephant and the Tortoise</a>.<br />
<a href="https://microfables.blogspot.com/2021/08/the-race-between-frog-and-deer.html" target="_blank">66. The Frog and the Deer</a>.<br />
<a href="https://microfables.blogspot.com/2021/09/the-chameleon-races-elephant.html" target="_blank">67. The Chameleon and the Elephant</a>.<br />
<a href="https://microfables.blogspot.com/2021/09/chameleon-and-rabbit-race.html" target="_blank">68. The Rabbit and the Chameleon</a>.<br />
<a href="https://microfables.blogspot.com/2021/08/elephant-and-frog-go-courting.html" target="_blank">69. The Elephant and the Frog</a>.<br />
<a href="https://microfables.blogspot.com/2021/09/how-to-kill-turtle.html" target="_blank">70. The People and the Turtle</a>.<br />
<a href="https://microfables.blogspot.com/2021/08/leopard-monkey-and-fish.html" target="_blank">71. The Monkey and the Leopard</a>.<br />
<a href="https://microfables.blogspot.com/2021/07/at-last-shouted-jackal-as-he-grabbed.html" target="_blank">72. The Jackal and the Rooster</a>.<br />
<a href="https://microfables.blogspot.com/2021/09/the-hunter-and-leopard.html" target="_blank">73. The Hunter and the Leopard</a>.<br />
<a href="https://microfables.blogspot.com/2021/08/the-lion-and-ostrichs-chicks.html" target="_blank">74. The Lioness and the Chicks of the Ostrich</a>.<br />
<a href="https://microfables.blogspot.com/2021/08/gorilla-and-monkey.html" target="_blank">75. The Gorilla and the Monkey</a>.<br />
<a href="https://microfables.blogspot.com/2021/06/the-wildcat-and-nightjar.html" target="_blank">76. The Wildcat and the Nightjar</a>.<br />
<a href="https://microfables.blogspot.com/2021/08/the-pious-cat-and-mouse.html" target="_blank">77. The Pious Cat and the Mouse</a>.<br />
<a href="https://microfables.blogspot.com/2021/08/the-leopard-needs-nanny.html" target="_blank">78. The Leopard and the Dog</a>.<br />
<a href="https://microfables.blogspot.com/2021/09/rabbit-and-baby.html" target="_blank">79. The Woman and the Rabbit</a>.<br />
<a href="https://microfables.blogspot.com/2021/09/rabbit-wants-trumpet.html" target="_blank">80. The Rabbit and the Antelope</a>.<br />
<a href="https://microfables.blogspot.com/2021/08/rooster-swallow-and-pumpkin-stew.html" target="_blank">81. The Swallow and the Rooster</a>.<br />
<a href="https://microfables.blogspot.com/2021/08/rooster-swallow-and-bad-news.html" target="_blank">82. The Rooster and the Swallow</a>.<br />
<a href="https://microfables.blogspot.com/2021/09/hen-rabbit-and-beer.html" target="_blank">83. The Hen and the Rabbit</a>.<br />
<a href="https://microfables.blogspot.com/2021/09/rabbit-deer-and-peanuts.html" target="_blank">84. The Rabbit and the Deer</a>.<br />
<a href="https://microfables.blogspot.com/2021/08/hare-baboon-and-fire.html" target="_blank">85. The Rabbit Visits the Baboon</a>.<br />
<a href="https://microfables.blogspot.com/2021/08/wildcat-gazelle-and-their-mothers.html" target="_blank">86. The Wildcat and the Gazelle</a>.<br />
<a href="https://microfables.blogspot.com/2021/09/the-tortoise-and-bat.html" target="_blank">87. The Tortoise and the Bat</a>.<br />
<a href="https://microfables.blogspot.com/2021/09/dog-and-chimpanzee-on-journey.html" target="_blank">88. The Dog and the Chimpanzee</a>.<br />
<a href="https://microfables.blogspot.com/2021/08/the-friendship-of-tortoise-and-baboon.html" target="_blank">89. The Tortoise and the Baboon</a>.<br />
<a href="https://microfables.blogspot.com/2021/09/the-tortoises-trap.html" target="_blank">90. The Leopard and the Python</a>.<br />
<a href="https://microfables.blogspot.com/2021/09/elephant-hippopotamus-and-tortoise.html" target="_blank">91. The Tortoise, the Elephant and the Hippo</a>.<br />
<a href="https://microfables.blogspot.com/2021/08/tortoise-races-antelope.html" target="_blank">92. The Antelope and the Tortoise</a>.<br />
<a href="https://microfables.blogspot.com/2021/08/giraffe-and-tortoise.html" target="_blank">93. The Giraffe and the Tortoise</a>.<br />
<a href="https://microfables.blogspot.com/2021/03/tortoise-and-guinea-fowl-eat-apples.html" target="_blank">94. The Tortoise and the Guinea-Fowl</a>.<br />
<a href="https://microfables.blogspot.com/2021/03/hawk-and-tortoises-flute.html" target="_blank">95. The Tortoise and the Hawk</a>.<br />
<a href="https://microfables.blogspot.com/2021/03/tortoise-is-angry-at-hawk.html" target="_blank">96. The Tortoise and the Hawk's Mother</a>.<br />
<a href="https://microfables.blogspot.com/2021/09/tortoise-rises-from-grave.html" target="_blank">97. The Tortoise and the Leopard</a>.<br />
<a href="https://microfables.blogspot.com/2021/09/how-tortoise-married-princess.html" target="_blank">98. A Husband for the Princess</a>.<br />
<a href="https://microfables.blogspot.com/2021/02/tortoise-and-kings-drum.html" target="_blank">99. The King's Magic Drum</a>.<br />
<a href="https://microfables.blogspot.com/2021/02/tortoise-is-rich.html" target="_blank">100. The Tortoise and the Magic Drum</a>.<br />
<a href="https://microfables.blogspot.com/2021/02/tortoises-revenge.html" target="_blank">101. The Tortoise's Revenge</a>.<br />
<a href="https://microfables.blogspot.com/2021/02/tortoise-and-breadfruit-tree.html" target="_blank">102. The Tortoise and the Magic Breadfruit</a>.<br />
<a href="https://microfables.blogspot.com/2021/09/spider-and-cobweb.html" target="_blank">103. The Spider and the Cobweb</a>.<br />
<a href="https://microfables.blogspot.com/2021/09/rumors-of-spiders-death.html" target="_blank">104. The Spider's Funeral</a>.<br />
<a href="https://microfables.blogspot.com/2021/06/god-and-anansi-make-bargain.html" target="_blank">105. Anansi the Spider and God</a>.<br />
<a href="https://microfables.blogspot.com/2021/06/anansi-and-snake.html" target="_blank">106. Anansi and the Snake</a>.<br />
<a href="https://microfables.blogspot.com/2021/06/anansi-and-leopard.html" target="_blank">107. Anansi and the Leopard</a>.<br />
<a href="https://microfables.blogspot.com/2021/09/elephant-was-tired-of-spiders-tricks.html" target="_blank">108. The Elephant and the Spider</a>.<br />
<a href="https://microfables.blogspot.com/2021/09/elephant-rabbit-and-honey.html" target="_blank">109. The Elephant and the Honey</a>.<br />
<a href="https://microfables.blogspot.com/2021/09/elephant-and-rabbit-plant-pumpkins.html" target="_blank">110. The Elephant and the Rabbit Plant Pumpkins</a>.<br />
<a href="https://microfables.blogspot.com/2021/09/elephant-steals-rabbits-pumpkins.html" target="_blank">111. The Rabbit and His Drum</a>.<br />
<a href="https://microfables.blogspot.com/2021/09/rabbit-antelope-and-beans.html" target="_blank">112. When the Rabbit and the Antelope Were Neighbors</a>.<br />
<a href="https://microfables.blogspot.com/2021/08/leopard-laughs-rabbit-gets-last-laugh.html" target="_blank">113. The Rabbit and the Leopard</a>.<br />
<a href="https://microfables.blogspot.com/2021/09/rabbit-and-old-womans-farm.html" target="_blank">114. The Rabbit and the Old Woman</a>.<br />
<a href="https://microfables.blogspot.com/2021/02/the-animals-dance-for-water.html" target="_blank">115. The Animals and Their Dance</a>.<br />
<a href="https://microfables.blogspot.com/2021/02/rabbits-stepping-stone.html" target="_blank">116. The Rabbit and the Stepping-Stone</a>.<br />
<a href="https://microfables.blogspot.com/2021/02/rabbits-punishment.html" target="_blank">117. The Rabbit's Punishment</a>.<br />
<a href="https://microfables.blogspot.com/2021/08/lion-chases-rabbit.html" target="_blank">118. The Lion and the Rabbit</a>.<br />
<a href="https://microfables.blogspot.com/2021/08/the-rabbit-and-tortoise.html" target="_blank">119. The Rabbit and the Tortoise</a>.<br />
<a href="https://microfables.blogspot.com/2021/08/rabbit-races-earth.html" target="_blank">120. The Rabbit and the Earth</a>.<br />
<a href="https://microfables.blogspot.com/2021/09/bushbuck-rabbit-and-leopard.html" target="_blank">121. The Bushbuck and the Rabbit</a>.<br />
<a href="https://microfables.blogspot.com/2021/09/rabbit-and-cloud-islands.html" target="_blank">122. The Rabbit and the Cloud-Islands</a>.<br />
<a href="https://microfables.blogspot.com/2021/09/hyena-and-muddy-rabbit.html" target="_blank">123. The Hyena and the Muddy Rabbit</a>.<br />
<a href="https://microfables.blogspot.com/2021/09/the-farmer-rabbit-and-hyena.html" target="_blank">124. The Farmer and the Rabbit</a>.<br />
<a href="https://microfables.blogspot.com/2021/09/scorpion-and-hyena.html" target="_blank">125. The Scorpion and the Hyena</a>.<br />
<a href="https://microfables.blogspot.com/2021/09/hyena-eats-jerboas-fish.html" target="_blank">126. The Jerboa and the Hyena</a>.<br />
<a href="https://microfables.blogspot.com/2021/09/the-greedy-hyena.html" target="_blank">127. The Hyena and Her Friends</a>.<br />
<a href="https://microfables.blogspot.com/2021/09/the-hyena-who-ate-goats.html" target="_blank">128. The Hyena and the Man</a>.<br />
<a href="https://microfables.blogspot.com/2021/07/the-hyena-and-crane.html" target="_blank">129. The Hyena and the Crane</a>.<br />
<a href="https://microfables.blogspot.com/2021/08/the-ailing-lion-hyena-and-jackal.html" target="_blank">130. The Lion's Illness</a>.<br />
<a href="https://microfables.blogspot.com/2021/09/jackal-and-fish-wagon.html" target="_blank">131. The Jackal and the Fish-Wagon</a>.<br />
<a href="https://microfables.blogspot.com/2021/09/hyena-and-fish-wagon.html" target="_blank">132. The Hyena and the Fish-Wagon</a>.<br />
<a href="https://microfables.blogspot.com/2021/09/hyenas-wedding-dress.html" target="_blank">133. The Wedding of the Jackal and the Hyena</a>.<br />
<a href="https://microfables.blogspot.com/2021/09/jackals-wedding-feast.html" target="_blank">134. The Jackal and Hyena's Wedding Feast</a>.<br />
<a href="https://microfables.blogspot.com/2021/09/the-jackal-and-goat.html" target="_blank">135. The Jackal and the Goat</a>.<br />
<a href="https://microfables.blogspot.com/2021/09/dove-and-jackal.html" target="_blank">136. The Dove and the Jackal</a>.<br />
<a href="https://microfables.blogspot.com/2021/09/jackal-and-heron.html" target="_blank">137. The Jackal and the Heron</a>.<br />
<a href="https://microfables.blogspot.com/2021/08/dog-and-jackal-at-wedding-feast.html" target="_blank">138. The Dog and the Jackal at the Wedding Feast</a>.<br />
<a href="https://microfables.blogspot.com/2021/09/the-leopard-and-bloodthirsty-jackal.html" target="_blank">139. The Leopard and the Bloodthirsty Jackal</a>.<br />
<a href="https://microfables.blogspot.com/2021/08/cat-teaches-leopard.html" target="_blank">140. The Cat and the Leopard</a>.<br />
<a href="https://microfables.blogspot.com/2021/07/the-rat-and-fish.html" target="_blank">141. The Rat and the Fish</a>.<br />
<a href="https://microfables.blogspot.com/2021/09/tortoise-and-mushrooms.html" target="_blank">142. The Tortoise and the Mushrooms</a>.<br />
<a href="https://microfables.blogspot.com/2021/09/the-elephant-and-frog.html" target="_blank">143. The Elephant in the Swamp</a>.<br />
<a href="https://microfables.blogspot.com/2021/07/hyena-and-moon.html" target="_blank">144. The Hyena and the Moon</a>.<br />
<a href="https://microfables.blogspot.com/2021/06/the-chameleon-and-snake.html" target="_blank">145. The Chameleon and the Snake</a>.<br />
<a href="https://microfables.blogspot.com/2021/07/the-proud-wren.html" target="_blank">146. The Proud Wren</a>.<br />
<a href="https://microfables.blogspot.com/2021/08/the-francolin-and-tortoise.html" target="_blank">147. The Francolin and the Tortoise</a>.<br />
<a href="https://microfables.blogspot.com/2021/08/eagle-and-leopard-boasting.html" target="_blank">148. The Eagle and the Leopard</a>.<br />
<a href="https://microfables.blogspot.com/2021/09/lion-and-crocodile.html" target="_blank">149. The Lion and the Crocodile</a>.<br />
<a href="https://microfables.blogspot.com/2021/09/the-young-lion-avenges-his-father.html" target="_blank">150. The Young Lion's Revenge</a>.<br />
<a href="https://microfables.blogspot.com/2021/08/rat-and-crocodile.html" target="_blank">151. The Rat and the Crocodile</a>.<br />
<a href="https://microfables.blogspot.com/2021/08/the-sheeps-new-dress.html" target="_blank">152. The Sheep's New Dress</a>.<br />
<a href="https://microfables.blogspot.com/2021/08/the-two-headed-python.html" target="_blank">153. The Python with Two Heads</a>.<br />
<a href="https://microfables.blogspot.com/2021/08/the-friendship-of-snake-and-rat.html" target="_blank">154. The Snake and the Rat</a>.<br />
<a href="https://microfables.blogspot.com/2021/06/the-partridge-and-puff-adder.html" target="_blank">155. The Partridge and the Puff-Adder</a>.<br />
<a href="https://microfables.blogspot.com/2021/09/leopards-soft-furry-hands.html" target="_blank">156. The Leopard and the Goat</a>.<br />
<a href="https://microfables.blogspot.com/2021/07/the-lioness-and-antelope.html" target="_blank">157. The Lioness and the Antelope</a>.<br />
<a href="https://microfables.blogspot.com/2021/09/the-crocodile-and-chicken.html" target="_blank">158. The Crocodile and the Hen</a>.<br />
<a href="https://microfables.blogspot.com/2021/08/the-fruit-bats-funeral.html" target="_blank">159. The Fruit-Bat's Funeral</a>.<br />
<a href="https://microfables.blogspot.com/2021/09/the-lioness-and-ostrich.html" target="_blank">160. The Lioness and The Ostrich</a>.<br />
<a href="https://microfables.blogspot.com/2021/08/when-fox-and-rooster-were-friends.html" target="_blank">161. The Fox and the Rooster</a>.<br />
<a href="https://microfables.blogspot.com/2021/08/the-dog-who-would-be-king.html" target="_blank">162. The Dog Who Would Be King</a>.<br />
<a href="https://microfables.blogspot.com/2021/08/deer-and-pig-at-crossroads.html" target="_blank">163. The Deer and the Pig</a>.<br />
<a href="https://microfables.blogspot.com/2021/08/the-hasty-tortoise.html" target="_blank">164. The Hasty Tortoise</a>.<br />
<a href="https://microfables.blogspot.com/2021/08/the-tree-that-blocked-sun.html" target="_blank">165. The Tree That Blocked the Sun</a>.<br />
<a href="https://microfables.blogspot.com/2021/09/the-rhinoceros-and-bees.html" target="_blank">166. The Rhinoceros and the Bees</a>.<br />
<a href="https://microfables.blogspot.com/2021/08/guinea-fowl-and-python.html" target="_blank">167. The Python and the Guinea-Fowl</a>.<br />
<a href="https://microfables.blogspot.com/2021/08/the-lion-and-boar.html" target="_blank">168. The Lion and the Boar</a>.<br />
<a href="https://microfables.blogspot.com/2021/08/cat-rat-and-pears.html" target="_blank">169. The King's Cat and His Rat</a>.<br />
<a href="https://microfables.blogspot.com/2021/09/the-disobedient-boy.html" target="_blank">170. The Disobedient Boy</a>.<br />
<a href="https://microfables.blogspot.com/2021/09/making-elephant.html" target="_blank">171. The Man Who Became an Elephant</a>.<br />
<a href="https://microfables.blogspot.com/2021/09/the-monkeys-magical-song.html" target="_blank">172. The Song of the Monkey</a>.<br />
<a href="https://microfables.blogspot.com/2021/09/the-woman-who-became-lion.html" target="_blank">173. The Woman Who Became a Lion</a>.<br />
<a href="https://microfables.blogspot.com/2021/09/ngoza-and-her-suitors.html" target="_blank">174. The Woman and Her Suitors</a>.<br />
<a href="https://microfables.blogspot.com/2021/08/the-green-eyed-daughter.html" target="_blank">175. The Mother and Her Daughter</a>.<br />
<a href="https://microfables.blogspot.com/2021/08/the-baboon-husband.html" target="_blank">176. The Baboon Who Became a Man</a>.<br />
<a href="https://microfables.blogspot.com/2021/08/the-bad-tempered-woman-and-hyena.html" target="_blank">177. The Bad-Tempered Wife</a>.<br />
<a href="https://microfables.blogspot.com/2021/09/the-woman-who-married-crow.html" target="_blank">178. The Woman Who Married a Crow</a>.<br />
<a href="https://microfables.blogspot.com/2021/08/the-woman-and-mysterious-bird.html" target="_blank">179. The Woman and the Mysterious Bird</a>.<br />
<a href="https://microfables.blogspot.com/2021/08/the-woman-and-baboons.html" target="_blank">180. The Woman Who Lost Her Way</a>.<br />
<a href="https://microfables.blogspot.com/2021/08/the-lost-boy.html" target="_blank">181. The Lost Boy</a>.<br />
<a href="https://microfables.blogspot.com/2021/09/the-woman-her-baby-and-ape.html" target="_blank">182. The Woman Who Went Fishing</a>.<br />
<a href="https://microfables.blogspot.com/2021/07/the-baboon-shepherd.html" target="_blank">183. The Farmer and the Baboon</a>.<br />
<a href="https://microfables.blogspot.com/2021/09/the-villagers-and-chimpanzee.html" target="_blank">184. The Villagers and the Chimpanzee</a>.<br />
<a href="https://microfables.blogspot.com/2021/09/the-man-gorilla-and-chimpanzee.html" target="_blank">185. The Man Who Tracked a Gorilla</a>.<br />
<a href="https://microfables.blogspot.com/2021/08/the-crocodile-and-two-children.html" target="_blank">186. The Crocodile and the Two Children</a>.<br />
<a href="https://microfables.blogspot.com/2021/08/the-deadly-crocodile.html" target="_blank">187. The Deadly Crocodile</a>.<br />
<a href="https://microfables.blogspot.com/2021/08/hunter-and-deer.html" target="_blank">188. The Hunter and the Deer</a>.<br />
<a href="https://microfables.blogspot.com/2021/08/lizard-dog-and-hunters.html" target="_blank">189. The Dog and the Lizard</a>.<br />
<a href="https://microfables.blogspot.com/2021/09/the-hyenas-prophecy.html" target="_blank">190. The Hyena's Prophecy</a>.<br />
<a href="https://microfables.blogspot.com/2021/08/the-bird-that-made-milk.html" target="_blank">191. The Bird Who Made Milk</a>.<br />
<a href="https://microfables.blogspot.com/2021/09/the-grateful-python.html" target="_blank">192. The Grateful Python</a>.<br />
<a href="https://microfables.blogspot.com/2021/09/the-wonderful-horns.html" target="_blank">193. The Cowherd and the Antelope</a>.<br />
<a href="https://microfables.blogspot.com/2021/08/throwing-goat-dung.html" target="_blank">194. The Goat-Dung</a>.<br />
<a href="https://microfables.blogspot.com/2021/08/the-obstinate-child.html" target="_blank">195. The Obstinate Child</a>.<br />
<a href="https://microfables.blogspot.com/2021/09/when-tortoise-owed-money.html" target="_blank">196. The Tortoise and HIs Debts</a>.<br />
<a href="https://microfables.blogspot.com/2021/08/camel-and-her-seven-companions.html" target="_blank">197. The Camel and Her Seven Companions</a>.<br />
<a href="https://microfables.blogspot.com/2021/09/dog-and-pangoli.html" target="_blank">198. The Dog and the Pangolin</a>.<br />
<a href="https://microfables.blogspot.com/2021/08/sparrow-and-parrot-dispute-inheritance.html" target="_blank">199. The Sparrow and the Parrot</a>.<br />
<a href="https://microfables.blogspot.com/2021/08/the-danger-of-nonexistent-donkey.html" target="_blank">200. The Danger of a Nonexistent Donkey</a>.<br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://africa.lauragibbs.net/african1400.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="563" data-original-width="400" height="563" src="https://africa.lauragibbs.net/african1400.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>Laura Gibbshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04994025992373244815noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6989220165830937768.post-25587004408519724982022-08-26T22:36:00.000-04:002023-07-04T11:35:50.876-04:00Tiny Tales from Africa: The Animals 2<div style="text-align: center;">Go to <a href="https://microfables.blogspot.com/2021/10/tiny-tales-from-africa-animals-volume-1.html">Volume 1</a> - <b>VOLUME 2</b></div><hr /><div><div>Welcome to <b><i>Tiny Tales from Africa: The Animals (volume 2)</i></b>. This is a collection of two hundred stories from Africa featuring animal characters, and each story is just 100 words long. You can <b><a href="https://microfables.blogspot.com/2021/10/tiny-tales-from-africa-animals-volume-1.html">find volume 1 here</a></b> too! </div><div><br /></div><div>In addition, you might also be interested in <b><i><a href="https://Bibliography.LauraGibbs.net">The Reader's Guide to African Folklore at the Internet Archive</a></i></b>, and also <b><i><a href="https://archive.org/details/pub-domain-african-proverbs/">Texts of African Proverbs and Riddles in the Public Domain</a></i></b>.</div><hr /><div style="text-align: center;"><b><a href="https://africa.lauragibbs.net/2/african2.pdf">PDF</a></b> - <b><a href="https://africa.lauragibbs.net/2/african2.epub">EPUB</a></b> - <b><a href="https://africa.lauragibbs.net/2/african2.html">HTML</a></b> - <b><a href="https://microfables.blogspot.com/2022/01/african-animal-tales-2-audiobook.html">Audio</a></b> - <b><a href="https://archive.org/details/africantinytales2">Internet Archive</a></b> - <b><a href="https://microfables.blogspot.com/2021/10/tiny-tales-from-africa-stories-at-random.html">Random</a></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Amazon</i>: <b><a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09QVGZYZZ/">Kindle</a></b> - <b><a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09QNYJHGG">Paperback</a></b></div><hr /><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj00tSPgTm3Dv1BIAZD7Hg9ezYvkgt73r5LhPC8APaG4Zym-iwdd6VZF8gxA2v5lLRT9rqPBztYWhcXNKa4REpiau8_mEhRRL2GYyCLGKKBkTBvLc9krPAhxodFhf89AnocJagoYrCzJOU/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="219" data-original-width="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj00tSPgTm3Dv1BIAZD7Hg9ezYvkgt73r5LhPC8APaG4Zym-iwdd6VZF8gxA2v5lLRT9rqPBztYWhcXNKa4REpiau8_mEhRRL2GYyCLGKKBkTBvLc9krPAhxodFhf89AnocJagoYrCzJOU/s16000/Screen+Shot+2022-01-20+at+4.10.53+PM.png" /></a></div><br /></div><div><b>Creative Commons</b>. This work is released with a Creative Commons license: CC BY-NC-SA 4.0. That means you can remix and reuse individual stories or the contents of the whole book with attribution for non-commercial purposes, provided that you release your work with the same license. Find out more.</div><div>Attribution: Tiny Tales from Africa: The Animals (volume 2) by Laura Gibbs.</div><div>Version: January 20 2022<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIvehazagvzAMlAcOCXV5RmlDJRq0TWpMSXgG-mYrX3KEKtmrFbf92FB-6KJhFNM4-18WpkChmbUv9ReuPspK2a6bdYgzOMUlYA0KyR6AL-B2FQfo-avmNGnGY1pTw31maPsU70ofaC7k/s1600/by-nc-sa-ccLicense.png" style="clear: left; color: #100077; float: left; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="40" data-original-width="169" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIvehazagvzAMlAcOCXV5RmlDJRq0TWpMSXgG-mYrX3KEKtmrFbf92FB-6KJhFNM4-18WpkChmbUv9ReuPspK2a6bdYgzOMUlYA0KyR6AL-B2FQfo-avmNGnGY1pTw31maPsU70ofaC7k/s1600/by-nc-sa-ccLicense.png" style="border: none; position: relative;" width="70" /></a><div><br /></div></div><div><br /></div><div>You can access the book in a variety of formats, along with individual stories here at the blog; see story title list and links below. You can also find the <b><a href="https://microfables.blogspot.com/2022/01/online-sources-for-african-animal-tales.html">online sources</a></b> and <b><a href="https://microfables.blogspot.com/2022/01/image-credits-for-african-animal-tales.html">image credits</a></b> listed separately. </div><div><br /></div><div><b><a href="https://africa2.pressbooks.com/">Pressbooks</a></b>. This is a web-based presentation of the book with <b><a href="https://africa2.pressbooks.com/chapter/chapter-1/">all the stories on one page</a></b>.</div><div><br /></div><div><b style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://africa.lauragibbs.net/2/african2.pdf">PDF</a></b>. You can <b><a href="https://africa.lauragibbs.net/2/african2.pdf">download a PDF</a></b> copy of the book.</div><div><br /></div><div><b style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://africa.lauragibbs.net/2/african2.epub">EPUB</a></b>. You can use this <b><a href="https://africa.lauragibbs.net/2/african2.epub">EPUB file</a></b> for ebook readers like Nook, etc. You can also read epubs on your Kindle.</div><div><br /></div><div><b style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://africa.lauragibbs.net/2/african2.html">HTML</a></b>. If you want to read a web-based presentation, this is a clean and simple <b><a href="https://africa.lauragibbs.net/2/african2.html">HTML version</a></b>. This version is also useful if you want to copy-and-paste some or all of the content to adapt for your own purposes (see CC-licensing information above).</div><div><br /></div><div><b style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://microfables.blogspot.com/2022/01/african-animal-tales-2-audiobook.html">Audiobook</a></b>. There is a free audiobook <b><a href="https://microfables.blogspot.com/2022/01/african-animal-tales-2-audiobook.html">available at SoundCloud</a></b>. I'll also be releasing the mp3 files available for download if you prefer not to use SoundCloud; I'll update this page when those files are available.</div><div><br /></div><a href="https://microfables.blogspot.com/2021/10/tiny-tales-from-africa-stories-at-random.html"><b>Randomizer</b></a>. You can see the stories displayed at random, and you can also copy-and-paste the <a href="https://microfables.blogspot.com/2021/10/tiny-tales-from-africa-stories-at-random.html"><b>javascript code</b></a> if you want to use the randomizer in your own blog or website.<br /><div><br /></div><div><b><a href="https://archive.org/details/africantinytales2">Internet Archive</a></b>. There is a copy of the book at the <b><a href="https://archive.org/details/africantinytales2">Internet Archive</a></b> which is great for searching. So, for example, <b><a href="https://archive.org/details/africantinytales2/page/36/mode/2up?q=elephant">here are the elephants</a></b>.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjKpYjEhqFy-buadVzzey574stf-A_KlKEMZKQaAPoUSgaSPw0j_leTRPS7SZTxyhT77nSXF66dVPtlN1GjLWLzhIcGOdNWbYI0o7IaxPh_bXAAzJgNls554HGRjanS3z8WaXdZ0HfKq_DJG3XDsTOhWE0QmP4jvBd6u3vP-O1QOmFMOMxNycNOxqfx=s400" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="195" data-original-width="400" height="195" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjKpYjEhqFy-buadVzzey574stf-A_KlKEMZKQaAPoUSgaSPw0j_leTRPS7SZTxyhT77nSXF66dVPtlN1GjLWLzhIcGOdNWbYI0o7IaxPh_bXAAzJgNls554HGRjanS3z8WaXdZ0HfKq_DJG3XDsTOhWE0QmP4jvBd6u3vP-O1QOmFMOMxNycNOxqfx=w400-h195" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><b><a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09QVGZYZZ/">Kindle</a></b>. You can purchase a <b><a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09QVGZYZZ/">Kindle edition</a></b> from Amazon for $1.99; I'll update this page when the Kindle is ready. (I'm not sure why it is $1.99 instead of the usual 99 cents; I think I may have crossed a file size threshold by using more images in the book this time.)</div><div><br /></div><div><b><a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09QNYJHGG">Paperback</a></b>. You can order a <b><a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09QNYJHGG">paperback edition</a></b> from Amazon (free Prime shipping) for $6.99.</div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">~ ~ ~</div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>TINY TALES FROM AFRICA: THE ANIMALS</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>(volume 2)</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>A Book of Two Hundred 100-Word Stories</b></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><b>ABOUT THIS BOOK</b></div><div><div>This is the second in a series of books featuring African animal tales. You’ll find many tricksters here: there’s Rabbit (the ancestor of Brer Rabbit and Tio Conejo), along with Tortoise, Spider, and also Mouse-Deer, <i>Neotragus pygmaeus</i>, an African antelope barely a foot tall. There are “pourquoi” stories like how Warthog got his tusks and how Crab got his shell, plus stories of magic and supernatural adventure. These tales come from many different African traditions; see the list of sources in the back of the book. For even more information about each story, plus a free audiobook version, go to:</div><div><b><a href="http://Africa.LauraGibbs.net">Africa.LauraGibbs.net</a></b>.</div><div><br /></div><div>The paragraph you just read is 100 words long, as is this paragraph, and that’s also the length of each story in this book. The stories go fast, but you can slow down when you find one you like. Read it again. Read it aloud. Let it sink in. Maybe even write your own version of the story, using your imagination to add more details. Meanwhile, if you don’t like a story, don’t get bogged down; just move on to the next one. You can find many more African animal tales, along with 100-word stories from other cultural traditions, here:</div><div><b><a href="http://100Words.LauraGibbs.net">100Words.LauraGibbs.net</a></b>.</div></div><div><br /></div><div><b>BLOG POSTS</b></div><div><br /></div><div>The individual blog posts contain additional information for each story. </div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><a href="https://microfables.blogspot.com/2021/10/when-animals-got-their-horns.html">1. Creator Gives Horns to the Animals</a><br />
<a href="https://microfables.blogspot.com/2021/10/the-chimpanzees-who-wanted-to-farm.html">2. Why Chimpanzees Don't Have Farms</a><br />
<a href="https://microfables.blogspot.com/2021/10/the-warthog-and-elephant.html">3. The Warthog and the Elephant</a><br />
<a href="https://microfables.blogspot.com/2021/10/the-two-robin-birds.html">4. The Bird who Loved His Wife</a><br />
<a href="https://microfables.blogspot.com/2021/10/the-kestrel-and-hornbill.html">5. The Beaks of the Kestrel and the Hornbill</a><br />
<a href="https://microfables.blogspot.com/2021/11/the-war-of-birds-and-snakes.html">6. The War of the Birds and the Snakes</a><br />
<a href="https://microfables.blogspot.com/2021/09/mother-snake-and-poison.html">7. The Mother of the Snakes</a><br />
<a href="https://microfables.blogspot.com/2021/06/the-mean-old-grandmother.html">8. The Witch and the Crab</a><br />
<a href="https://microfables.blogspot.com/2021/09/the-creation-of-night.html">9. The Creation of Night</a><br />
<a href="https://microfables.blogspot.com/2021/09/the-jar-of-medicine.html">10. The Medicine of Immortality</a><br />
<a href="https://microfables.blogspot.com/2021/10/the-honeyguide-bird.html">11. The Bees and the Honeyguide Bird</a><br />
<a href="https://microfables.blogspot.com/2021/10/the-bird-and-bees.html">12. The Bird Who Married a Bee</a><br />
<a href="https://microfables.blogspot.com/2021/09/honey-badger-and-honeycomb.html">13. The Honeybadger and the Honeycomb</a><br />
<a href="https://microfables.blogspot.com/2021/10/the-jackal-and-honey-badger.html">14. The Jackals and the Honeybadger's Beer</a><br />
<a href="https://microfables.blogspot.com/2021/10/the-frog-and-elephant.html">15. The Frog and the Elephant</a><br />
<a href="https://microfables.blogspot.com/2021/10/the-lion-and-monkey.html">16. The Lion and the Monkey</a><br />
<a href="https://microfables.blogspot.com/2021/10/the-hawk-and-hen.html">17. The Hen and the Hawk's Chick</a><br />
<a href="https://microfables.blogspot.com/2021/10/the-hen-and-hawk.html">18. The Hawk who Imitated the Hen</a><br />
<a href="https://microfables.blogspot.com/2021/10/the-hen-and-hippo.html">19. The Hippo who Imitated the Hen</a><br />
<a href="https://microfables.blogspot.com/2021/09/the-elephants-and-peoples-children.html">20. The Elephant and the Child</a><br />
<a href="https://microfables.blogspot.com/2021/09/the-men-and-donkeys.html">21. The Donkeys Who Touch Noses</a><br />
<a href="https://microfables.blogspot.com/2021/09/the-bride-who-watered-donkeys.html">22. The Origin of the Suk-Suk Bird</a><br />
<a href="https://microfables.blogspot.com/2021/10/the-chief-and-his-people.html">23. The Chief and His People</a><br />
<a href="https://microfables.blogspot.com/2021/10/the-baboons-beginning.html">24. The Origin of Baboons</a><br />
<a href="https://microfables.blogspot.com/2021/08/the-origin-of-chimpanzees.html">25. The Origin of Chimpanzees</a><br />
<a href="https://microfables.blogspot.com/2021/09/the-men-who-went-fishing.html">26. The Men Who Went Fishing</a><br />
<a href="https://microfables.blogspot.com/2021/09/the-man-who-didnt-go-to-funerals.html">27. The Man Who Didn't Go to Funerals</a><br />
<a href="https://microfables.blogspot.com/2021/09/the-man-who-loved-women.html">28. The Man Who Loved Women</a><br />
<a href="https://microfables.blogspot.com/2021/10/the-dove-and-handsome-man.html">29. The Dove and the Handsome Man</a><br />
<a href="https://microfables.blogspot.com/2021/10/the-elephant-and-thunder.html">30. Thunder and the Elephant</a><br />
<a href="https://microfables.blogspot.com/2021/10/the-dispute-of-day-and-night.html">31. The Dispute of Night and Day</a><br />
<a href="https://microfables.blogspot.com/2021/10/the-people-who-returned-from-dead.html">32. When People Returned from the Dead</a><br />
<a href="https://microfables.blogspot.com/2021/09/gods-messenger.html">33. The Bird Bearing God's Message</a><br />
<a href="https://microfables.blogspot.com/2021/08/chameleon-gods-messenger.html">34. The Messages of the Chameleon and the Lizard</a><br />
<a href="https://microfables.blogspot.com/2021/10/gods-messengers-chameleon-and-rabbit.html">35. The Messages of the Chameleon and the Rabbit</a><br />
<a href="https://microfables.blogspot.com/2021/10/the-moons-messengers-tortoise-and-rabbit.html">36. The Moon's Messengers</a><br />
<a href="https://microfables.blogspot.com/2021/10/the-baboon-and-python.html">37. The Baboon, the Python, and the Rabbit</a><br />
<a href="https://microfables.blogspot.com/2021/10/the-rabbit-baboon-and-their-mothers.html">38. When Rabbit and Baboon Were Friends</a><br />
<a href="https://microfables.blogspot.com/2021/10/rabbit-lion-and-ant-hill.html">39. The Rabbit, the Lion, and the Ant-Hill</a><br />
<a href="https://microfables.blogspot.com/2021/10/the-lion-and-rabbit-play-game.html">40. The Rabbit and the Lion Play a Game</a><br />
<a href="https://microfables.blogspot.com/2021/10/the-hyena-rabbit-and-lion-skin.html">41. The Rabbit and the Lion-Skin</a><br />
<a href="https://microfables.blogspot.com/2021/10/the-hyena-comes-to-rabbits-house.html">42. The Rabbit and the Hyena</a><br />
<a href="https://microfables.blogspot.com/2021/10/the-rabbit-and-hyena-go-hunting.html">43. The Rabbit and the Hyena Go Hunting</a><br />
<a href="https://microfables.blogspot.com/2021/10/the-rabbit-and-skunk.html">44. The Rabbit and the Skunk</a><br />
<a href="https://microfables.blogspot.com/2021/10/the-rabbit-in-elephants-garden.html">45. The Rabbit and the Elephant's Garden</a><br />
<a href="https://microfables.blogspot.com/2021/09/rabbit-elephant-and-hippo.html">46. The Rabbit, the Elephant, and the Hippo</a><br />
<a href="https://microfables.blogspot.com/2021/02/the-rabbit-and-elephant-go-dancing.html">47. The Rabbit Fools the Elephant (1)</a><br />
<a href="https://microfables.blogspot.com/2021/02/rabbit-and-water-buffalo.html">48. The Rabbit Fools the Buffalo (2)</a><br />
<a href="https://microfables.blogspot.com/2021/02/leopard-plays-dead.html">49. The Rabbit, the Leopard, and the Wolf</a><br />
<a href="https://microfables.blogspot.com/2021/10/the-party-of-horned-animals.html">50. The Rabbit, the Hornbill, and the Party</a><br />
<a href="https://microfables.blogspot.com/2021/10/the-hornbill-and-rabbit.html">51. The Rabbit, the Hornbill, and the Bread</a><br />
<a href="https://microfables.blogspot.com/2021/09/guinea-fowl-farmer.html">52. The Rabbit, the Guinea-Fowl and the Farm</a><br />
<a href="https://microfables.blogspot.com/2021/10/the-bee-and-rabbit.html">53. The Rabbit and the Bee</a><br />
<a href="https://microfables.blogspot.com/2021/10/the-python-and-rabbit.html">54. The Rabbit and The Python</a><br />
<a href="https://microfables.blogspot.com/2021/10/the-tortoise-rabbit-and-millet.html">55. The Rabbit, the Tortoise, and the Millet</a><br />
<a href="https://microfables.blogspot.com/2021/10/the-tortoise-rabbit-and-tunnel.html">56. The Rabbit, the Tortoise, and the Tunnel</a><br />
<a href="https://microfables.blogspot.com/2021/10/the-rabbit-and-tortoise.html">57. The Rabbit and the Tortoise Run a Race</a><br />
<a href="https://microfables.blogspot.com/2021/08/tortoises-tug-of-war.html">58. The Tortoise, the Elephant, and the Hippo</a><br />
<a href="https://microfables.blogspot.com/2021/10/tortoises-tug-of-war.html">59. The Tortoise, the Buffalo, and the Elephant</a><br />
<a href="https://microfables.blogspot.com/2021/10/the-turtle-and-porcupine.html">60. The Tortoise and the Porcupine</a><br />
<a href="https://microfables.blogspot.com/2021/10/the-tortoise-who-flew.html">61. The Tortoise and the Crane</a><br />
<a href="https://microfables.blogspot.com/2021/10/the-king-and-basket-of-water.html">62. Who Will Marry the King's Daughter?</a><br />
<a href="https://microfables.blogspot.com/2021/10/the-tortoise-and-kola-nuts.html">63. Chimpanzee's Kola-Nuts</a><br />
<a href="https://microfables.blogspot.com/2021/10/king-leopard-and-his-kola-tree.html">64. The Leopard's Kola-Tree</a><br />
<a href="https://microfables.blogspot.com/2021/10/tortoise-and-kola-nuts.html">65. The Tortoise and His Kola-Nuts</a><br />
<a href="https://microfables.blogspot.com/2021/10/the-leopards-wrestling-match.html">66. When the Tortoise Wrestled the Leopard</a><br />
<a href="https://microfables.blogspot.com/2021/10/the-tortoise-leopard-and-hyrax.html">67. The Tortoise and the Leopard Go Hunting</a><br />
<a href="https://microfables.blogspot.com/2021/10/the-leopard-and-his-farm.html">68. The Tortoise and the Leopard's Farm</a><br />
<a href="https://microfables.blogspot.com/2021/10/the-tortoise-and-leopard.html">69. The Leopard in the Tortoise's Garden</a><br />
<a href="https://microfables.blogspot.com/2021/10/the-tortoise-leopard-and-their-drums.html">70. The Tortoise, the Leopard, and Their Drums</a><br />
<a href="https://microfables.blogspot.com/2021/11/the-tortoise-leopard-and-their-mothers.html">71. The Tortoise, the Leopard, and their Mothers</a><br />
<a href="https://microfables.blogspot.com/2021/10/the-leopard-and-his-palm-wine.html">72. The Tortoise and the Antelope</a><br />
<a href="https://microfables.blogspot.com/2021/09/tortoise-teaches-children.html">73. The Tortoise and His Children</a><br />
<a href="https://microfables.blogspot.com/2021/09/spiders-disguise.html">74. The Spider Puts on a Disguise (1)</a><br />
<a href="https://microfables.blogspot.com/2021/09/spider-bushbuck-and-rabbit.html">75. The Spider, the Bushbuck, and the Rabbit (2)</a><br />
<a href="https://microfables.blogspot.com/2021/06/the-wise-man-hyena-and-spider.html">76. The Wise Man, the Hyena, and the Spider (1)</a><br />
<a href="https://microfables.blogspot.com/2021/06/riding-hyena.html">77. The Spider, the Hyena, and the Saddle (2)</a><br />
<a href="https://microfables.blogspot.com/2021/06/tying-hyena.html">78. The Spider, The Hyena, and the Chain (3)</a><br />
<a href="https://microfables.blogspot.com/2021/10/the-race-for-princess-bride.html">79. The Spider and the Deer</a><br />
<a href="https://microfables.blogspot.com/2021/10/the-king-and-spider.html">80. The Mouse-Deer and the King</a><br />
<a href="https://microfables.blogspot.com/2021/10/the-spider-and-bush-doctor.html">81. The Mouse-Deer and the Medicine-Man</a><br />
<a href="https://microfables.blogspot.com/2021/10/the-mouse-deer-and-leopard.html">82. The Mouse-Deer and the Leopard</a><br />
<a href="https://microfables.blogspot.com/2021/10/the-leopard-and-ram.html">83. The Leopard and the Ram (1)</a><br />
<a href="https://microfables.blogspot.com/2021/10/the-jackal-leopard-and-ram.html">84. The Jackal, the Leopard, and the Ram (2)</a><br />
<a href="https://microfables.blogspot.com/2021/10/the-leopard-goat-and-three-true-things.html">85. The Leopard and the Goat</a><br />
<a href="https://microfables.blogspot.com/2021/11/the-gazelle-leopard-and-maize.html">86. The Leopard and the Gazelle</a><br />
<a href="https://microfables.blogspot.com/2021/11/leopard-and-gazelle-in-log.html">87. The Leopard and His Dog</a><br />
<a href="https://microfables.blogspot.com/2021/10/the-leopard-and-antelope.html">88. The Leopard and the Antelope's Wife</a><br />
<a href="https://microfables.blogspot.com/2021/10/the-leopard-and-pangolin.html">89. The Leopard and the Pangolin</a><br />
<a href="https://microfables.blogspot.com/2021/10/the-leopard-and-cheetah.html">90. The Leopard and the Cheetah</a><br />
<a href="https://microfables.blogspot.com/2021/09/the-lions-message-to-fox.html">91. The Lion and the Fox</a><br />
<a href="https://microfables.blogspot.com/2021/08/baboon-and-lion.html">92. The Lion and the Baboon</a><br />
<a href="https://microfables.blogspot.com/2021/09/the-lion-and-mule.html">93. The Lion and the Mule</a><br />
<a href="https://microfables.blogspot.com/2021/10/the-lion-and-jackal.html">94. The Lion and the Jackal</a><br />
<a href="https://microfables.blogspot.com/2021/10/the-jackal-and-hyena.html">95. The Jackal and the Hyena</a><br />
<a href="https://microfables.blogspot.com/2021/09/the-snake-under-stone.html">96. The Man and the Snake</a><br />
<a href="https://microfables.blogspot.com/2021/10/the-hunter-and-antelope_27.html">97. The Hunter and the Antelope</a><br />
<a href="https://microfables.blogspot.com/2021/09/a-scholar-sat-at-table-writing.html">98. The Scholar and the Monkey</a><br />
<a href="https://microfables.blogspot.com/2021/10/the-mouse-deer-and-python.html">99. The Mouse-Deer and the Python</a><br />
<a href="https://microfables.blogspot.com/2021/10/the-squirrel-and-viper.html">100. The Squirrel and the Python</a><br />
<a href="https://microfables.blogspot.com/2021/09/the-man-who-caught-python.html">101. The Man Who Caught a Python</a><br />
<a href="https://microfables.blogspot.com/2021/10/the-greedy-man-and-his-wife.html">102. The Greedy Man and His Wife</a><br />
<a href="https://microfables.blogspot.com/2021/10/the-fox-and-chicken.html">103. The Fox and the Farmer</a><br />
<a href="https://microfables.blogspot.com/2021/10/the-fox-and-raven.html">104. The Fox and the Raven</a><br />
<a href="https://microfables.blogspot.com/2021/10/the-leopard-and-crane.html">105. The Leopard and the Crane</a><br />
<a href="https://microfables.blogspot.com/2021/10/the-birds-try-to-shake-tree.html">106. The Birds Try to Shake the Tree</a><br />
<a href="https://microfables.blogspot.com/2021/10/king-eagle-and-sparrow.html">107. The Eagle, the Sparrow, and the Palm-Wine</a><br />
<a href="https://microfables.blogspot.com/2021/10/the-bat-and-honey.html">108. The Bat and the Honey</a><br />
<a href="https://microfables.blogspot.com/2021/10/the-jackal-and-rooster.html">109. The Jackal and the Rooster</a><br />
<a href="https://microfables.blogspot.com/2021/09/rooster-and-wildcat.html">110. The Rooster and the Wildcat</a><br />
<a href="https://microfables.blogspot.com/2021/09/chicken-couldnt-lay-eggs-so-she-went-to.html">111. The Chicken and the Wildcat's Magical Charm</a><br />
<a href="https://microfables.blogspot.com/2021/09/the-marriage-of-wildcat-and-chicken.html">112. The Marriage of the Wildcat and the Chicken</a><br />
<a href="https://microfables.blogspot.com/2021/11/the-wildcats-and-chickens.html">113. The Wildcats and the Chickens</a><br />
<a href="https://microfables.blogspot.com/2021/10/the-rat-and-wildcat.html">114. The Wildcat and the Rat</a><br />
<a href="https://microfables.blogspot.com/2021/10/the-rats-daughter-and-cat.html">115. The Rat's Daughter and the Cat</a><br />
<a href="https://microfables.blogspot.com/2021/09/lion-was-sleeping-and-mouse-ran-on-top.html">116. The Lion and the Mouse</a><br />
<a href="https://microfables.blogspot.com/2021/09/the-council-of-mice.html">117. The Mice and the Cat</a><br />
<a href="https://microfables.blogspot.com/2021/10/the-dogs-medicine.html">118. The Dog's Medicine</a><br />
<a href="https://microfables.blogspot.com/2021/09/dog-and-fox-go-to-town.html">119. The Dog and the Fox Go to Town</a><br />
<a href="https://microfables.blogspot.com/2021/10/the-dog-and-jackal.html">120. The Dog and the Jackal</a><br />
<a href="https://microfables.blogspot.com/2021/10/the-dog-and-goat.html">121. The Dog and the Goat</a><br />
<a href="https://microfables.blogspot.com/2021/09/the-elephant-and-leopards-son.html">122. The Elephant, the Leopard, and the Goats</a><br />
<a href="https://microfables.blogspot.com/2021/09/the-leopard-and-fox.html">123. The Leopard and the Fox</a><br />
<a href="https://microfables.blogspot.com/2021/09/the-old-leopard.html">124. The Old Leopard and the Goats</a><br />
<a href="https://microfables.blogspot.com/2021/10/the-leopard-and-hawk.html">125. The Leopard and the Hawk</a><br />
<a href="https://microfables.blogspot.com/2021/10/the-leopard-and-python.html">126. The Leopard and the Python</a><br />
<a href="https://microfables.blogspot.com/2021/10/little-leopard-and-little-otter.html">127. The Little Leopard and the Little Otter</a><br />
<a href="https://microfables.blogspot.com/2021/10/the-story-of-king-leopard.html">128. King Leopard and the Deer</a><br />
<a href="https://microfables.blogspot.com/2021/10/the-hyena-and-leopard.html">129. The Leopard and the Hyena</a><br />
<a href="https://microfables.blogspot.com/2021/10/the-animals-choose-king.html">130. The Hyena Who Wanted to be King</a><br />
<a href="https://microfables.blogspot.com/2021/07/the-hyena-and-moonbeam.html">131. The Hyena and the Moonbeam</a><br />
<a href="https://microfables.blogspot.com/2021/09/lion-and-leopard-fighting-for-food.html">132. The Lion, the Leopard, and the Hyena</a><br />
<a href="https://microfables.blogspot.com/2021/10/the-elephants-wrestling-match.html">133. The Elephant who Wrestled the Animals</a><br />
<a href="https://microfables.blogspot.com/2021/10/the-turaco-and-elephant.html">134. The Elephant and the Turaco Bird</a><br />
<a href="https://microfables.blogspot.com/2021/10/the-elephant-and-dog.html">135. The Elephant and the Dog</a><br />
<a href="https://microfables.blogspot.com/2021/10/the-chimpanzees-and-their-houses.html">136. The Chimpanzees Decide to Build Houses</a><br />
<a href="https://microfables.blogspot.com/2021/10/the-bushbuck-and-goat.html">137. The Bushbuck and the Goat</a><br />
<a href="https://microfables.blogspot.com/2021/10/the-duiker-and-her-child.html">138. The Antelope and Her Child</a><br />
<a href="https://microfables.blogspot.com/2021/10/the-monkey-and-duiker.html">139. The Antelope and the Monkey</a><br />
<a href="https://microfables.blogspot.com/2021/10/the-words-of-hyrax.html">140. The Hyrax's Warning</a><br />
<a href="https://microfables.blogspot.com/2021/10/hyrax-and-other-animals.html">141. The Hyrax Who Learned to Climb</a><br />
<a href="https://microfables.blogspot.com/2021/10/the-ground-squirrel-and-nut.html">142. The Squirrel and the Nut</a><br />
<a href="https://microfables.blogspot.com/2021/10/the-scorpion-and-snake.html">143. The Snake and the Scorpion</a><br />
<a href="https://microfables.blogspot.com/2021/10/the-snake-and-frog.html">144. The Snake and the Frog</a><br />
<a href="https://microfables.blogspot.com/2021/10/the-chameleon-and-lizard.html">145. The Lizard and the Chameleon</a><br />
<a href="https://microfables.blogspot.com/2021/10/the-army-ant-and-little-ant.html">146. The Man and the Ants</a><br />
<a href="https://microfables.blogspot.com/2021/10/the-python-and-partridges-eggs.html">147. The Partridge and Her Eggs</a><br />
<a href="https://microfables.blogspot.com/2021/10/mother-crab-and-her-children.html">148. The Crab and Her Children</a><br />
<a href="https://microfables.blogspot.com/2021/10/the-mother-bird-and-her-child.html">149. The Bird and Her Chick</a><br />
<a href="https://microfables.blogspot.com/2021/09/the-frog-and-chicken.html">150. The Frog and the Chicken</a><br />
<a href="https://microfables.blogspot.com/2021/09/rooster-and-crocodile.html">151. The Rooster and the Crocodile</a><br />
<a href="https://microfables.blogspot.com/2021/10/the-rooster-hawk-and-eagle.html">152. The Rooster, the Hawk, and the Eagle</a><br />
<a href="https://microfables.blogspot.com/2021/10/the-fox-and-rooster.html">153. The Rooster and the Fox</a><br />
<a href="https://microfables.blogspot.com/2021/10/the-ostrich-and-lion.html">154. The Ostrich and the Lion</a><br />
<a href="https://microfables.blogspot.com/2021/10/the-monkey-and-sparrow.html">155. The Sparrow and the Monkey</a><br />
<a href="https://microfables.blogspot.com/2021/10/the-woodpecker-and-weaverbird.html">156. The Woodpecker and the Weaverbird</a><br />
<a href="https://microfables.blogspot.com/2021/09/the-turaco-and-other-birds.html">157. The Turaco Who Didn't Listen</a><br />
<a href="https://microfables.blogspot.com/2021/10/the-pigeon-and-tree-branch.html">158. The Pigeon and the Tree-Branch</a><br />
<a href="https://microfables.blogspot.com/2021/10/the-hornbill-and-yams.html">159. The Hornbill and the Yams</a><br />
<a href="https://microfables.blogspot.com/2021/10/the-hen-goes-canoeing.html">160. The Birds Who Went Canoeing</a><br />
<a href="https://microfables.blogspot.com/2021/09/the-dog-and-chicken.html">161. The Birds Who Needed Fire</a><br />
<a href="https://microfables.blogspot.com/2021/10/the-birds-choosing-king.html">162. The Birds Who Chose a King</a><br />
<a href="https://microfables.blogspot.com/2021/10/the-tiny-king-of-birds.html">163. The Tiny King of the Birds</a><br />
<a href="https://microfables.blogspot.com/2021/10/the-rabbit-and-grasshopper.html">164. The Rabbit and the Grasshopper</a><br />
<a href="https://microfables.blogspot.com/2021/10/the-two-hunters.html">165. The Two Hunters</a><br />
<a href="https://microfables.blogspot.com/2021/10/the-hunter-and-his-son.html">166. The Hunter and His Son</a><br />
<a href="https://microfables.blogspot.com/2021/09/chinziri-and-his-brothers.html">167. The Boy Named Red-Quail</a><br />
<a href="https://microfables.blogspot.com/2021/09/the-bird-called-masmeraye-mi-tedarrara.html">168. The Masmeraye-Bird</a><br />
<a href="https://microfables.blogspot.com/2021/09/the-bird-who-was-witness.html">169. The Wives Who Quarreled</a><br />
<a href="https://microfables.blogspot.com/2021/10/the-woman-and-rabbit.html">170. The Woman and the Rabbit</a><br />
<a href="https://microfables.blogspot.com/2021/09/the-man-and-monkey-wife.html">171. The Man and His Monkey-Wife</a><br />
<a href="https://microfables.blogspot.com/2021/10/the-jackals-and-their-brides.html">172. The Jackals and Their Brides</a><br />
<a href="https://microfables.blogspot.com/2021/10/the-hunter-and-antelope.html">173. The Hunter and the Antelope</a><br />
<a href="https://microfables.blogspot.com/2021/10/the-boy-who-went-fishing.html">174. The Boy Who Went Fishing</a><br />
<a href="https://microfables.blogspot.com/2021/09/the-singing-tree.html">175. The Boys and the Singing Tree</a><br />
<a href="https://microfables.blogspot.com/2021/10/the-boy-and-elephant.html">176. The Boy and the Elephant</a><br />
<a href="https://microfables.blogspot.com/2021/10/the-two-boys-and-snake.html">177. The Two Boys and the Snake</a><br />
<a href="https://microfables.blogspot.com/2021/09/the-magical-korhaan.html">178. The Magical Korhaan-Bird</a><br />
<a href="https://microfables.blogspot.com/2021/09/the-magic-head.html">179. The Magical Head</a><br />
<a href="https://microfables.blogspot.com/2021/10/the-girls-and-grindstone.html">180. The Hyena's Grindstone</a><br />
<a href="https://microfables.blogspot.com/2021/09/the-hyena-and-prophet.html">181. The Hyena and the Prophet</a><br />
<a href="https://microfables.blogspot.com/2021/10/king-solomon-and-birds.html">182. King Solomon and the Birds</a><br />
<a href="https://microfables.blogspot.com/2021/08/the-hawk-and-dove-test-joseph.html">183. The Prophet Joseph and the Birds</a><br />
<a href="https://microfables.blogspot.com/2021/09/there-was-shepherd-who-took-his-sheep.html">184. The Shepherd and the Sheep</a><br />
<a href="https://microfables.blogspot.com/2021/10/the-woman-and-crocodile.html">185. The Woman and the Crocodile</a><br />
<a href="https://microfables.blogspot.com/2021/10/the-woman-and-lion.html">186. The Woman and the Lion</a><br />
<a href="https://microfables.blogspot.com/2021/10/the-women-who-went-fishing.html">187. The Women Who Went Fishing</a><br />
<a href="https://microfables.blogspot.com/2021/10/the-woman-and-hyena.html">188. The Woman and the Hyena</a><br />
<a href="https://microfables.blogspot.com/2021/07/the-hunter-and-lion.html">189. The Hunter, the Zebra, and the Lion</a><br />
<a href="https://microfables.blogspot.com/2021/09/two-men-one-wise-one-foolish.html">190. The Wise Man and the Foolish Man</a><br />
<a href="https://microfables.blogspot.com/2021/09/the-man-and-chicken.html">191. The Man and the Chicken</a><br />
<a href="https://microfables.blogspot.com/2021/09/when-things-were-bigger.html">192. Long Ago, When Things Were Bigger</a><br />
<a href="https://microfables.blogspot.com/2021/10/the-brave-man-and-his-dogs.html">193. The Man and His Dogs</a><br />
<a href="https://microfables.blogspot.com/2021/10/the-king-and-his-favorite-cows.html">194. The King and His Cattle</a><br />
<a href="https://microfables.blogspot.com/2021/10/the-chief-mangeh-and-her-cattle.html">195. Chief Mangeh and Her Cattle</a><br />
<a href="https://microfables.blogspot.com/2021/10/the-son-and-his-father-play-hide-and.html">196. The Father and His Son</a><br />
<a href="https://microfables.blogspot.com/2021/09/the-sleepy-man.html">197. The Man Who Slept</a><br />
<a href="https://microfables.blogspot.com/2021/10/the-bird-who-wanted-to-lay-her-eggs.html">198. The Bird and Her Eggs</a><br />
<a href="https://microfables.blogspot.com/2021/10/the-tortoises-debt.html">199. The Tortoise and His Debts</a><br />
<a href="https://microfables.blogspot.com/2021/09/ferrying-leopard-goat-and-grass.html">200. The Leopard, the Goat, and the Grass</a><br />
</div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj1K8zAvHyC33_3Adr9kCBy_XrxUi-hFuZuQR_6oz9aX9fuPjJj8-V4em5ODTV5PG-2yUsFj9i94OVlBf_Fg2hZh_q_6aF9qeacP0sy68W6qLE2dB07Tl6WAZ_2ckmTIYiuHaI8O8WqCrdqnhmhlgCuEzztR0kUwXUSdVhTbVsCaBcEAvHBJAGWOjQt=s563" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="563" data-original-width="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj1K8zAvHyC33_3Adr9kCBy_XrxUi-hFuZuQR_6oz9aX9fuPjJj8-V4em5ODTV5PG-2yUsFj9i94OVlBf_Fg2hZh_q_6aF9qeacP0sy68W6qLE2dB07Tl6WAZ_2ckmTIYiuHaI8O8WqCrdqnhmhlgCuEzztR0kUwXUSdVhTbVsCaBcEAvHBJAGWOjQt=s16000" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">'</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>Laura Gibbshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04994025992373244815noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6989220165830937768.post-59364136156640469652022-08-22T17:49:00.003-04:002023-07-04T11:43:48.330-04:00Seha and his Father-in-LawWhen Seha was prime minister, jealous courtiers repeated rumors that he was plotting against the king, and they said the same about Seha's father-in-law.<div>When the king heard these rumors, he was furious and sentenced them both to death, but Seha's wife begged for mercy. "Spare them, O King!" she pleaded.</div><div>"I will spare one," said the king. "Tell me who shall it be: your husband, or your father?"</div><div>Seha's wife did not hesitate. "Spare my father," she declared. "I can get another husband, but not another father."</div><div>Impressed by her devotion, the king spared both Seha and his father-in-law.<br /><hr /><br /><div>Inspired by: "Love and Compassion" in <i>Jewish Folktales from Morocco: Tales of Seha the Sage and Seha the Clown</i> by Marc Eliany, published in 2021. </div><div>Notes: The book is not available online.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsQLWg6Apf_JIdw6mWMs1WOkJkN8uSl7dCsEGOa9oVfnc3LG_Arb0ORQhPiwh7T2KCLOQ1ksHzIlWs9_HbAapUSfH2Y3XvwPNVtA5od7ITrRuGyaG70lzXplaHv0ZWPzIUHkTs8yMP1PPxyn1zh2CuqjqJvBJ-qzR4Sa2VHiOhGNdJEZwU0wWR2vNd/s525/Screenshot%202022-08-22%204.47.34%20PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="525" data-original-width="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsQLWg6Apf_JIdw6mWMs1WOkJkN8uSl7dCsEGOa9oVfnc3LG_Arb0ORQhPiwh7T2KCLOQ1ksHzIlWs9_HbAapUSfH2Y3XvwPNVtA5od7ITrRuGyaG70lzXplaHv0ZWPzIUHkTs8yMP1PPxyn1zh2CuqjqJvBJ-qzR4Sa2VHiOhGNdJEZwU0wWR2vNd/s16000/Screenshot%202022-08-22%204.47.34%20PM.png" /></a></div><div align="center"><span style="text-align: left;">Juive de Tanger by Delacroix</span></div><div align="center"><a href="https://www.sothebys.com/en/auctions/ecatalogue/2013/modern-masters-from-rembrandt-to-picass-hk0504/lot.2.html">at Sothby's</a></div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center"><br /></div>
</div>Laura Gibbshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04994025992373244815noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6989220165830937768.post-12603429184088656802022-08-22T17:29:00.004-04:002023-07-04T11:43:48.328-04:00Compassion for the DonkeyThe villagers put all their money together to buy a communal donkey.<div>Then they sent Seha to the market. "Buy a good donkey," they said.<div>Seha bought a good donkey.</div><div>As he walked beside it going home, passersby scoffed, "Look at that fool walking, not riding!"</div><div>So Seha rode the donkey.</div><div>"He'll drive that donkey to an early grave!" other passersby remarked.</div><div>So Seha picked up the donkey and carried it.</div><div>The villagers ran to greet thim. "Look at Seha's compassion for the donkey!" they shouted. "We did well to send Seha to the market; he knew what to do."<br /><hr /><br />
<em>Inspired by</em>: "Seha's Compassion for Donkeys" in <i>Jewish Folktales from Morocco: Tales of Seha the Sage and Seha the Clown</i> by Marc Eliany, published in 2021. <br />
<em>Notes</em>: The book is not available online. Compare the famous fable of the father and the son bringing their donkey home from the market: <b><a href="https://microfables.blogspot.com/2020/02/father-and-son-on-donkey.html">Father and Son and Donkey</a></b>.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipHZ6wuoSOrBzkINvuC0iuHzDL1q43tywZMH2SQOfvkEEOe9YwQ6cYfghmcIxmtR1C2_WT0TTMPMROfRIN2I2Yk4X8KBeEpyJT3haRK84wsPacpaTC4tYQC1T8GvPnN0wFLm88bpzE04iojQhlWJawgOenVV0tRcKB8OGZoxqURW6JEJ_vyI6WAb6A/s400/4895836867_f82def79fa_w.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="300" data-original-width="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipHZ6wuoSOrBzkINvuC0iuHzDL1q43tywZMH2SQOfvkEEOe9YwQ6cYfghmcIxmtR1C2_WT0TTMPMROfRIN2I2Yk4X8KBeEpyJT3haRK84wsPacpaTC4tYQC1T8GvPnN0wFLm88bpzE04iojQhlWJawgOenVV0tRcKB8OGZoxqURW6JEJ_vyI6WAb6A/s16000/4895836867_f82def79fa_w.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/marcy0414/4895836867">photo by marcy0414 at Flickr</a></div><br />
</div></div>Laura Gibbshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04994025992373244815noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6989220165830937768.post-74829868175403321502022-07-04T19:43:00.007-04:002023-07-04T11:27:50.956-04:00Tiny Fables You Can EXPAND<div style="text-align: left;">These are teeny-tiny Aesop's fables that you can expand into a 100-word story. Just <a href="https://microfables.blogspot.com/2021/07/fables.html">reload the page for another fable</a> at random:</div><div style="text-align: center;"><hr /><script type="text/javascript"> var display = " " </script><script src="https://storylab.lauragibbs.net/images/fables/fables.js" type="text/javascript"></script><hr /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">If you are viewing this on a phone, the script may not render. In that case, you can just scroll through the contents of the script here: <b><a href="https://storylab.lauragibbs.net/images/fables/fables.html">Fables Script</a></b>.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">If you would like to use this widget in your blog, wiki, or website, you can use this javascript; just make sure you have 400 pixels in width available:</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: xx-small;"><script type="text/javascript"> var display = " " </script><script src="https://storylab.lauragibbs.net/images/fables/fables.js" type="text/javascript"></script></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div>Laura Gibbshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04994025992373244815noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6989220165830937768.post-69765769958912515962022-07-04T15:39:00.003-04:002023-07-04T11:27:50.955-04:00Origins: Prompts for Writing Nature StoriesYou can <a href="https://microfables.blogspot.com/2021/07/origins.html">reload the page for another writing prompt</a> at random:<div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><hr /><script type="text/javascript"> var display = " " </script><script src="https://storylab.lauragibbs.net/images/origins/origins.js" type="text/javascript"></script><hr /></div><div><br /></div><div>If you are viewing this on a phone, the script may not render. In that case, you can just scroll through the contents of the script here: <b><a href="https://storylab.lauragibbs.net/images/origins/origins.html">Origins Script</a></b>.</div><div><br /></div><div><div><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: xx-small;"><script type="text/javascript"> var display = " " </script><script src="https://storylab.lauragibbs.net/images/origins/</span><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: x-small;">origins</span><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: xx-small;">.js" type="text/javascript"></script></span></div><div><br /></div></div>Laura Gibbshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04994025992373244815noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6989220165830937768.post-84560931055204583362022-02-04T14:19:00.006-05:002023-07-04T11:43:48.332-04:00The Proud Woman and her Suitors<div>A proud, beautiful woman refused all suitors,</div><div>Then a handsome stranger came; she chose him. Her father sent servants with chickens, sheep, and cows to accompany the couple to the husband's village.</div><div>But..... the husband was a snake! He devoured the animals one by one, the attendants, even the bride. Then he plunged into a pool.</div><div>Parrot watched and flew back to the bride's village. "Bring gourds," he said, "and follow me." They used the gourds to drain the pool, catching the snake and cutting him open. Parrot revived the people with medicine.</div><div>In gratitude, they painted Parrot's tail red.</div><hr /><br />
<em>Inspired by</em>: "Chosen Suitor: Serpent Husband" in Tales in Pidgin English from Ashanti (in Journal of American Folklore) by Melville and Jean Herskovits, 1937.<br />
<em>Notes</em>: You can <b><a href="https://archive.org/details/sim_journal-of-american-folklore_january-march-1937_50_195/page/82/mode/1up">read the original story online</a></b>.<br /><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhJLOZ2PDqpGp5OT6N0_QhpjijAmZIGrvbvTzmd_IcS1p9_UrLmnRSwpsOkvR9Oang5YBK_tenbNWOoZEcCTSDC5dCDzpEqAzYGCJgWK60Q8pvBe6nVyWNLl7xYsoKBMK97I7bP3CiZlB1fnSYhWcwskSFvL51q9wYL5poNlqVfckSdsx7J3CzUg50R=s595" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="595" data-original-width="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhJLOZ2PDqpGp5OT6N0_QhpjijAmZIGrvbvTzmd_IcS1p9_UrLmnRSwpsOkvR9Oang5YBK_tenbNWOoZEcCTSDC5dCDzpEqAzYGCJgWK60Q8pvBe6nVyWNLl7xYsoKBMK97I7bP3CiZlB1fnSYhWcwskSFvL51q9wYL5poNlqVfckSdsx7J3CzUg50R=s16000" /></a></div><br /><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:African_Grey_Parrot_RWD.jpg">Wikimedia</a></div>
Laura Gibbshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04994025992373244815noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6989220165830937768.post-56092594860728018162022-02-03T18:44:00.001-05:002023-07-04T11:43:48.330-04:00The Human Crocodiles<div>Human crocodiles lived in the Nile, and they would raid the riverbank villages. The people called them by the name "mashur."</div><div>A certain villager saw his cucumbers were disappearing, so he hid that night in his garden and watched. He caught a mashur and began to beat it. </div><div>"Spare me!" shouted the human crocodile. "I'll never steal again."</div><div>The villager let him go. The mashur kept his promise, and even told other human crocodiles to stop their raids. He also brought fish to the villager every night, leaving it in the man's garden where he found the fish each morning.</div><hr /><br /><em>Inspired by</em>: "The Human Crocodiles" in Cairene and Upper Egyptian Folk-Lore by A. H. Sayce, in Folklore, 1920 <br />
<em>Notes</em>: You can <b><a href="https://archive.org/details/folklore17folkuoft/page/198/mode/1up">read the original story online</a></b>. The story does not give any specific details about the difference between the human crocodile and the regular kind.<br /><br /><div align="center"><img src="https://africa.lauragibbs.net/images/crocodile_1471_original.jpg" width="400"><br><br><br><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Crocodylus_acutus_mexico_02-edit1.jpg">Crocodile by Tomás Castelazo at Wikimedia</a></div>
Laura Gibbshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04994025992373244815noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6989220165830937768.post-45642404749858120622022-02-03T17:57:00.001-05:002023-07-04T11:43:48.330-04:00The Dung-Thief<div>The animals lived in their kraal, keeping warm in the dung.</div><div>At night, though, a thief was eating the dung.</div><div>Monkey stood guard, but the thief shot Monkey and escaped in the dark.</div><div>Hyena stood guard, but the thief shot him too.</div><div>Elephant stood guard. The thief didn't come, and Elephant fell asleep. When Elephant awoke, the thief had come and gone. In the distance, Elephant saw someone escaping; he didn't know Tortoise was the thief.</div><div>Tortoise hid in a hole, driving Rabbit out.</div><div>Elephant chased Rabbit and caught him. "I'm innocent!" shouted Rabbit. "It was Tortoise."</div><div>So Tortoise escaped.</div><hr /><br />
<em>Inspired by</em>: "Sankhambi and the Elephant" in The Bavenda by Hugh Arthur Stayt, 1931.<br />
<em>Notes</em>: You can <b><a href="https://archive.org/details/bavenda0000stay/page/357/mode/1up?view=theater">read the original story online</a></b>. Sankhambi the trickster is most likely a tortoise (that's the possible Stayt endorses), so I have used the name Tortoise in the Sankhambi stories. Elephant doesn't give up; here's what happens next: <b><a href="https://microfables.blogspot.com/2022/02/the-elephant-chases-tortoise.html">The Elephant Chases the Tortoise</a></b>.<br /><br /><div align="center"><img src="https://africa.lauragibbs.net/images/tortoise_1206_original.jpg" width="400" /><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:A_Tortoise.jpg">Wikimedia</a></div>
Laura Gibbshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04994025992373244815noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6989220165830937768.post-59439152807727480542022-02-03T17:57:00.000-05:002023-07-04T11:43:48.331-04:00The Elephant Chases the Tortoise<div>Elephant was tired of Tortoise's tricks. "I'm going to get you, Tortoise!"</div><div>Tortoise ran and jumped in the river, but the Elephant used his trunk to search the riverbed. He grabbed Tortoise.</div><div>"That's just a root sticking out in the water!" laughed Tortoise. "You can't catch me."</div><div>Elephant believed Tortoise; he let go and reached around again. He caught Tortoise a second time.</div><div>"Root!" shouted Tortoise.</div><div>Then when Elephant grabbed a root, Tortoise screamed, "Oh! Let me go! You've got me!" But it was only a root.</div><div>Elephant got so tired and confused that he gave up.</div><div>Tortoise just laughed.</div><hr /><br /><div>Inspired by: "Sankhambi and the Elephant" in The Bavenda by Hugh Arthur Stayt, 1931.</div><div>Notes: You can <b><a href="https://archive.org/details/bavenda0000stay/page/358/mode/1up?view=theater">read the original story online</a></b>. Here's how the story started: <b><a href="https://microfables.blogspot.com/2022/02/the-dung-thief.html">The Dung-Thief</a></b>.</div><br /><div align="center"><img src="https://africa.lauragibbs.net/images/elephant_1303_original.jpg" width="400" /><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Young_African_Elephant_2019-07-23.jpg">Wikimedia</a></div>
Laura Gibbshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04994025992373244815noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6989220165830937768.post-10475186033158897732022-02-03T16:22:00.003-05:002023-07-04T11:43:48.328-04:00The Monkey, the Cat, the Dog, and the Hyena<div>Monkey chased Cat.</div><div>Dog chased Monkey.</div><div>Hyena chased Dog.</div><div>They were all running in a circle, faster and faster.</div><div>Jackal came out of the bush and said, "What's going on?"</div><div>"Monkey's chasing me!" meowed Cat.</div><div>"Dog's chasing me!" howled Monkey.</div><div>"Hyena's chasing me!" barked Dog.</div><div>"I'll be the judge of all that!" said Jackal. "Stand still and close your eyes."</div><div>They obeyed.</div><div>"Cat, scram!" said Jackal. Cat ran. </div><div>"Get out of here, Monkey!" Monkey ran. </div><div>"Dog, be gone!" Dog ran. </div><div>Jackal then went back into the bush.</div><div>When Hyena opened her eyes, there was nobody left; Hyena was all alone.</div><div><br /></div><hr /><br />
<em>Inspired by</em>: "The Jackal and The Dog, the Monkey, the Hyena and the Cat" in Hausa Tales and Traditions, volume 1, by Neil Skinner, 1969.<br />
<em>Notes</em>: You can <b><a href="https://archive.org/details/hausatalestradit0001edga/page/74/mode/1up?view=theater">read the original story online</a></b>. The chain in the original story was tangled (Dog chasing both Monkey and Cat, and nobody chasing Monkey), so I changed it so they all connected. <br /><br /><div align="center"><img src="https://africa.lauragibbs.net/images/jackal_1062_original.jpg" width="400" /><br /><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/proimos/39755007814">Jackal by Alex Proimos at Flickr</a></div>
Laura Gibbshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04994025992373244815noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6989220165830937768.post-27306559559008920182022-02-03T14:52:00.002-05:002023-07-04T11:43:48.329-04:00The Farmer and the Deer<div>A farmer cleared land by the deer trail, and a deer kept eating her crops.</div><div>She told a man to trap the deer, so he made a trap.</div><div>The deer came and got caught. When the woman saw the deer, she called to the man, "Come kill the deer!" </div><div>Then she placed a mat on the ground, took off her clothes, and lay down by the deer. The man came, saw her, and they made love.</div><div>Meanwhile, the deer escaped.</div><div>"It's your fault the deer escaped!" the woman shouted.</div><div>"No," the man shouted, "it's your fault!"</div><div>Whose fault was it?</div><hr /><br />
<em>Inspired by</em>: "The Deer in Woman's Farm" in Tribes of the Liberian hinterland by George Schwab, 1947.<div>
<em>Notes</em>: You can <b><a href="https://archive.org/details/tribesofliberian00schw/page/447/mode/1up?view=theater">read the original story online</a></b>. Schwab heard this dilemma tale from a Mano schoolboy in Liberia.<br /><br /><div align="center"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgjO1lgmDWDHY3X_3Bk6n-P-7Z-ZgfTly_tJzV84pTekxNiXXM_su7W0VsoeeGivcfIyXK7ALQF6ZenT43FpoZ3-Ox0-TUNeUMXDBcTCHWnxj_918jRFGejXGfrh4v0YM3Y49ku4nNjeogZOst-e7brzS-NcSIWkMPs-R3iiBK408KmD7UNc7R8TIFR=s400" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="339" data-original-width="400" height="339" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgjO1lgmDWDHY3X_3Bk6n-P-7Z-ZgfTly_tJzV84pTekxNiXXM_su7W0VsoeeGivcfIyXK7ALQF6ZenT43FpoZ3-Ox0-TUNeUMXDBcTCHWnxj_918jRFGejXGfrh4v0YM3Y49ku4nNjeogZOst-e7brzS-NcSIWkMPs-R3iiBK408KmD7UNc7R8TIFR=w400-h339" width="400" /></a></div><div align="center"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Cape_bushbuck_(Tragelaphus_sylvaticus)_female.jpg" style="text-align: left;">bushbuck</a></div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center"><br /></div>
</div>Laura Gibbshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04994025992373244815noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6989220165830937768.post-75467049339922770502022-02-03T14:35:00.002-05:002023-07-04T11:43:48.331-04:00The Jackal and the Women's ClothesJackal saw the village women bathing; they had left their clothes on the river bank. Jackal crept up quietly and stole some clothes. "Disguised as a woman," he thought to himself, "I'll be able to enjoy the food at the village feast."<div>So Jackal put on the clothes and entered the village. The plan was working! But when he started devouring food, the people said, "You look like a woman, but you act like an animal!"</div><div>Then a woman shouted, "Those are my clothes!'<br />"It's Jackal!" another woman shouted, and Jackal ran, leaving both the clothes and the food behind. </div><div><br /></div><div><hr /><br />
<em>Inspired by</em>: "The Greedy Jackal" in The stolen water and other stories: traditional tales from Namibia by Jennifer Davis, 1993.<div>
<em>Notes</em>: You can <b><a href="https://archive.org/details/stolenwaterothe00davi/page/18/mode/2up?view=theater">read the original story online</a></b>. This is a Khoekhoe story from Namibia. The end of the story says that this is why the jackal prowls at night, but that makes him sound more like hyena than jackal. Perhaps there are versions of this story about hyena too...?<br /><br /><div align="center"><img src="https://africa.lauragibbs.net/images/jackal_1050_original.jpg" width="400" /><br /><br /><a href="https://pixabay.com/cs/photos/%C5%A1akal-zv%C3%AD%C5%99e-wild-life-divok%C3%BD-4565759/">Pixabay</a></div>
</div></div>Laura Gibbshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04994025992373244815noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6989220165830937768.post-81475213334144942222022-02-01T11:50:00.002-05:002023-07-04T11:43:48.332-04:00The Buffalo Who Boasted<div>Every morning Buffalo woke up feeling proud. He stood outside his house, shouting, "I'm the biggest! I'm the strongest!"</div><div>"Don't boast," his wife warned.</div><div>But Buffalo kept boasting.</div><div>His wife went to Hunter. "Please shame my husband," she said. "Don't kill him; just frighten him. You'll find him outside our house in the morning."</div><div>The next morning as Buffalo boasted, Hunter fired a shot in his direction.</div><div>Buffalo was so scared he broke down the door of his own house with his horns, hurrying to get in.</div><div>"I told you!" said his wife. "The strong never say they are strong."</div><hr /><br />
<em>Inspired by</em>: "Hunter Cures Boastfulness" in Dahomean Narrative by Melville and Frances Herskovits, 1958.<br />
<em>Notes</em>: You can <b><a href="https://archive.org/details/hersokovits-dahomean/page/249/mode/2up?view=theater">read the original story online</a></b>. The name for the buffalo is Agbo. <br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjgPSbRJ2blfgP-Ux0rIckns8kNFd5G5UVAW3nRgPOB5Koz4RRFLkZTZOPs_6saTlMGTDUEWYzFLDq1PuT51CqtArqnB6rUS_NSqgyMsqELdhrlQvmIRavFckHKxqntbMTw-a10f1GcAIsMqBrGIhtsYGoZ1_1M4dJyWVQJhZ_YoNVa6HtavG-xSXI4=s400" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="373" data-original-width="400" height="373" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjgPSbRJ2blfgP-Ux0rIckns8kNFd5G5UVAW3nRgPOB5Koz4RRFLkZTZOPs_6saTlMGTDUEWYzFLDq1PuT51CqtArqnB6rUS_NSqgyMsqELdhrlQvmIRavFckHKxqntbMTw-a10f1GcAIsMqBrGIhtsYGoZ1_1M4dJyWVQJhZ_YoNVa6HtavG-xSXI4=w400-h373" width="400" /></a></div><div align="center"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:African_Forest_Buffalo.jpg" style="text-align: left;">African forest buffalo</a></div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center"><br /></div>
Laura Gibbshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04994025992373244815noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6989220165830937768.post-28627484430614854072022-02-01T11:16:00.002-05:002023-07-04T11:43:48.329-04:00Nzambi's Drum<div>Goddess Nzambi left her town to visit another town.</div><div>Then she heard someone beating her drum. "Who is beating the drum in my town?" she asked. "Pig, go see."</div><div>Pig went and returned. "I saw nobody."</div><div>Again the drum sounded.</div><div>"Antelope, go see."</div><div>Antelope saw nobody.</div><div>The third time, Nzambi went.</div><div>She saw nobody, so she hid and watched.</div><div>Crab came out of the water and beat Nzambi's drum, singing, "Nzambi abandoned me, leaving me here all alone."</div><div>"Thoughtless creature!" the goddess shouted. "Because you don't use your head to think, you will be headless, and people will eat you."</div><hr /><br />
<em>Inspired by</em>: "Who Beats Nzambi's Drum? (Kongo-fiote)" in A treasury of African folklore by Harold Courlander, 1975.<br />
<em>Notes</em>: You can <b><a href="https://archive.org/details/treasuryofafrica00cour/page/308/mode/2up?view=theater">read the original story online</a></b>; this is is a Bakongo story (published in Dennett).<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiPz8LR_J3TX23i5PtE8Pgawj4PJDnteLd1nChBr7ni0FNlEh-hQ0A6lX0QfNW8HenAhdQXIzYW3Lts_RzyRy3t2IyD15u77ZhTFETijx9NNQappXjOhFHbY9jx7hTc4FRcCAd7nn1Z27Hdb5Ytq-CB2URpe8YRGbMyqWhi2EF0bDXqhjbJq0E1luMj=s400" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="267" data-original-width="400" height="268" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiPz8LR_J3TX23i5PtE8Pgawj4PJDnteLd1nChBr7ni0FNlEh-hQ0A6lX0QfNW8HenAhdQXIzYW3Lts_RzyRy3t2IyD15u77ZhTFETijx9NNQappXjOhFHbY9jx7hTc4FRcCAd7nn1Z27Hdb5Ytq-CB2URpe8YRGbMyqWhi2EF0bDXqhjbJq0E1luMj=w400-h268" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Jonah_crab_(11823580556).jpg">crab</a></div>
Laura Gibbshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04994025992373244815noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6989220165830937768.post-6856699853420870262022-02-01T10:29:00.002-05:002023-07-04T11:43:48.327-04:00The Lion's Share<div>Lion, Fox, and Hyena went hunting and caught a donkey, a deer, and a rabbit. </div><div>"How shall we divide it?" asked Lion.</div><div>"You take the donkey," said Hyena, "I'll take the deer, and Fox takes the rabbit."</div><div>Lion then hit Hyena, splitting his skull open. Next he asked Fox, "How shall we divide it?"</div><div>"You eat the donkey for lunch," replied Fox, "the deer for dinner, and use the rabbit as a toothpick."</div><div>"Excellent!" exclaimed Lion. "How did you learn such wisdom?"</div><div>"From Hyena's broken skull," replied Fox.</div><div>So Lion ate all he wanted, and Fox ate what was left.</div><div><br /></div><hr /><br />
<em>Inspired by</em>: "The Stupidity of the Hyena" in Wisdom from the Nile by Ahmed Al-Shahi, Ahmed and F. C. T. Moore, 1978.<br />
<em>Notes</em>: You can <b><a href="https://archive.org/details/wisdomfromnile00oxfo/page/169/mode/1up?view=theater">read the original story online</a></b>.<br /><br /><div align="center"><img src="https://africa.lauragibbs.net/images/lion_1548_original.jpg" width="400" /><br /><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Snarling_lion.jpg">Tanzanian Lion by Aurelio Arias at Wikimedia</a></div>
Laura Gibbshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04994025992373244815noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6989220165830937768.post-21972128437910812322022-02-01T10:15:00.002-05:002023-07-04T11:43:48.328-04:00The Snake Under the Rock<div>A rock fell on Snake, trapping her. "Help!" she yelled.</div><div>"I'll help!" said a white man, who lifted the rock.</div><div>Then Snake tried to bite him.</div><div>"Not fair!" he shouted. "Let's ask Hyena."</div><div>"Alright," hissed Snake. "Let's ask Hyena."</div><div>"That's fair," said Hyena, hoping to get a share of the meat.</div><div>"No, it's not!" the man insisted. "Let's ask Jackal."</div><div>So they told Jackal what had happened.</div><div>"Oh, that rock could never have trapped Snake," said Jackal.</div><div>"Yes, it did!" replied Snake. "I'll show you."</div><div>When Snake crawled back under the rock, Jackal told the man to leave her there.</div><hr /><br />
<em>Inspired by</em>: "Is It Right That He Should Bite Me?" in in African folk tales by Roger Abrahams, 1983.<br />
<em>Notes</em>: You can <b><a href="https://archive.org/details/africanfolktales0000unse_e7e6/page/138/mode/2up?view=theater">read the original story online</a></b>. This is a Xhosa story; Abrahams's source is James Honey's book.<br /><br /><div align="center"><img src="https://africa.lauragibbs.net/images/snake-python_1355_original.jpg" width="400" /><br /><a href="https://pixabay.com/de/photos/schlange-gro%C3%9F-kopf-natur-4773742/">Snake by Patrick Case at Pixabay</a></div>
Laura Gibbshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04994025992373244815noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6989220165830937768.post-83469293716112191482022-01-29T19:47:00.003-05:002023-07-04T11:43:48.332-04:00How God Tricked the Jackal<div>God was tired of Jackal tricking the other animals, so he decided to trick Jackal. He took the form of a boy and stood by the roadside, waiting.</div><div>"Help me!" the boy cried. "Let me ride on your back."</div><div>Jackal agreed, and the boy climbed on.</div><div>Then the boy gripped Jackal's back hard.</div><div>He emitted a ball of fire that set Jackal's coat on fire.</div><div>"Mercy!" Jackal shouted. "Mercy!"</div><div>Then the boy vanished, and Jackal rolled in the dirt, putting out the flames.</div><div>The black and ashy patches of Jackal's coat remind the animals how God punished him long ago.</div><hr /><br />
<em>Inspired by</em>: "How Jackal Got His Markings" in When Hippo Was Hairy by Nick Greaves, 1988.<br />
<em>Notes</em>: You can <b><a href="https://archive.org/details/whenhippowashair00grea/page/47/mode/1up?view=theater">read the original story online</a></b>. This is a Khoekhoe story. Compare the story of <b><a href="https://microfables.blogspot.com/2021/07/how-jackal-got-his-stripe.html">Jackal and the Sun</a></b>.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjaa55JfjaJzsE8aW0yisAfpZHwqr6H34Rzzu8XQr6YMYgYLtg7Ew-CklMvbilLrmCvRF28nUF_vKULgc-6U9VEVLHPYVkc4yRSo1Zi6P2nMhXX52H8pDPt0tsV1LABnqt4UvMlVlfTHixiwiwC5_PsO6yroZ867XHu8Fxys5CcaGoSNyVeLFt27IKz=s1599" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1066" data-original-width="1599" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjaa55JfjaJzsE8aW0yisAfpZHwqr6H34Rzzu8XQr6YMYgYLtg7Ew-CklMvbilLrmCvRF28nUF_vKULgc-6U9VEVLHPYVkc4yRSo1Zi6P2nMhXX52H8pDPt0tsV1LABnqt4UvMlVlfTHixiwiwC5_PsO6yroZ867XHu8Fxys5CcaGoSNyVeLFt27IKz=s320" width="320" /></a></div><div align="center"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Black-backed_Jackal_(48877431346).jpg" style="text-align: left;">jackal</a></div>
Laura Gibbshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04994025992373244815noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6989220165830937768.post-82916359754030010562022-01-29T19:37:00.004-05:002023-07-04T11:43:48.332-04:00The Rabbit and the PythonsRabbit was on the run; Pythons were chasing him.<div>"Help!" Rabbit shouted to Elephant. "Save me from the Pythons!"</div><div>But Elephant was afraid. "I can't help you," he said.</div><div>Likewise Buffalo, Leopard, Rhino, all the big animals; they wouldn't help Rabbit.</div><div>"I'll help you," said Cricket. "Be quick: dig two burrows, and hide in one."</div><div>Just as Rabbit hid himself, the Pythons arrived. "Where's Rabbit?" they shouted.</div><div>"He's in there!" said Cricket, pointing to the empty burrow.</div><div>The Pythons slithered inside, and then Cricket poured boiling water into the burrow and killed them all.</div><div>That's how little Cricket saved Rabbit.</div><div><hr /><br />
<em>Inspired by</em>: "The Rabbit and the Python" in Umbundu Tales, Angola, Southwest Africa (in Journal of American Folklore) by William C. Bell, 1922, which contains the Umbundu text and the English translation.<br />
<em>Notes</em>: You can <b><a href="https://archive.org/details/jstor-535014/page/n3/mode/1up?view=theater">read the original story online</a></b>. The story starts out with a baby-exchange between rabbit and python (but pythons can't nurse baby rabbits); it never really explains what happens to the baby pythons, though, so I left that out.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj744E84kxIGMKw2RUwav_rEAEl_Cq4xncUl0NaxbK37RnNpqvGA3Gzp8AMhkS0UaEv6jOxW5qXAaP5k7X-47Luqi1J-AUDqHcS_Z3d-LZUCGnlQUvMPScv410txotHoFroe6sgiaXP0GRpGpzwoZwDCYbfQeG0zcmabIiWhgBGAhBp_aqKNz8eRxRV=s1600" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1101" data-original-width="1600" height="275" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj744E84kxIGMKw2RUwav_rEAEl_Cq4xncUl0NaxbK37RnNpqvGA3Gzp8AMhkS0UaEv6jOxW5qXAaP5k7X-47Luqi1J-AUDqHcS_Z3d-LZUCGnlQUvMPScv410txotHoFroe6sgiaXP0GRpGpzwoZwDCYbfQeG0zcmabIiWhgBGAhBp_aqKNz8eRxRV=w400-h275" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Cricket_Insect.jpg" style="text-align: left;">cricket</a></div>
</div>Laura Gibbshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04994025992373244815noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6989220165830937768.post-8655010179582219022022-01-29T19:03:00.007-05:002023-07-04T11:43:48.327-04:00The Leopard and the Duiker<div>Leopard caught Duiker playing the forest. He sprang, and pinned her to the ground.</div><div>"Spare me, O Leopard!" Duiker begged. </div><div>"I'll spare if you tell me three true things," said Leopard.</div><div>"If I tell my friends I escaped you," Duiker said," they'll call me a liar."</div><div>"True!" admitted Leopard.</div><div>"If I tell them you asked me riddles, they'll laugh at me," Duiker said.</div><div>"Also true! And the third thing?"</div><div>"If you were hungry, you would have eaten me already."</div><div>"True again, Duiker!" Leopard grinned. "So you're free to go and be laughed at by your friends and called a liar."</div><hr /><br />
<em>Inspired by</em>: "Leopard and Black Deer" in Legends of Liberia by Peter Pinney; this is a story of the Kepelle people.<br />
<em>Notes</em>: You can <b><a href="https://archive.org/details/legendsofliberia00pinn/page/99/mode/1up?view=theater">read the original story online</a></b>. Compare this story of <b><a href="https://microfables.blogspot.com/2021/10/the-leopard-goat-and-three-true-things.html">The Leopard and the Goat</a></b>, also from Liberia (Vai). The story is told here of "Black Deer," which I assume must mean the <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_duiker">black duiker</a></b>.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjmWx1op1ZdSA0F1rdwcW5l7sqG2Y0lsiINdXlqM6nSViE2S-S4_NMJ6rD9AGLSIL9kgxbEAuahPWsbjr9GeYK-9B9EIIdgCbdQhrjfCO4tDQxWaaf_qTT6vFkdjPTQaPNQNNPehsh3JjU7rEKdgn6G-jhg9OUCPwEJKws_kY23MW4v_7bhsjPofvok=s498" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="498" data-original-width="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjmWx1op1ZdSA0F1rdwcW5l7sqG2Y0lsiINdXlqM6nSViE2S-S4_NMJ6rD9AGLSIL9kgxbEAuahPWsbjr9GeYK-9B9EIIdgCbdQhrjfCO4tDQxWaaf_qTT6vFkdjPTQaPNQNNPehsh3JjU7rEKdgn6G-jhg9OUCPwEJKws_kY23MW4v_7bhsjPofvok=s16000" /></a></div><div align="center"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Cephalophus_niger.jpg" style="text-align: left;">black duiker</a></div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center"><br /></div>
Laura Gibbshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04994025992373244815noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6989220165830937768.post-26009797092051929392022-01-29T17:22:00.003-05:002023-07-04T11:43:48.329-04:00The Priest and the Date-Liquor<div>A priest visited a parishioner, who offered him some date-liquor.</div><div>"Just a little," said the priest.</div><div>They drank.</div><div>"A toast to my wife!" said the parishioner.</div><div>They drank.</div><div>"A toast to my son-in-law!" </div><div>They drank.</div><div>More toasts, more drinking, and when the priest left he was so drunk they had to lift him up onto his donkey.</div><div>As he rode home, the donkey fell into a pond. The donkey drank some water.</div><div>"A toast to the wife!" </div><div>The donkey didn't drink any more.</div><div>"To the son-in-law!"</div><div>The donkey still refused.</div><div>"My donkey is wiser than I am," groaned the priest.</div><hr /><br />
<em>Inspired by</em>: "The Coptic Priest of Bahgura" in Cairene and Upper Egyptian Folk-Lore by A. H. Sayce, in Folklore, 1920 <br />
<em>Notes</em>: You can <b><a href="https://archive.org/details/folklore3031folkuoft/page/184/mode/2up">read the original story online</a></b>. The story is told about a Coptic priest drinking araki, which is date-liquot.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj4o5QK-1PPASM-9oqnKR01T8kAKjhwLHD0R8mhIOb1pqCKygS1wpHKTzr1B37_Pc6wRv7jWYYdh3Ggr0ng0q1zxJENXemD7Y8qJjjScPlIE9AGja9DKxn_N_dcQ7HuGubGW17wmv5hDwD2pksUCvKGpSOMcB8s3uq23hO5dANG19kNETE_V77CdrZ9=s515" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="515" data-original-width="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj4o5QK-1PPASM-9oqnKR01T8kAKjhwLHD0R8mhIOb1pqCKygS1wpHKTzr1B37_Pc6wRv7jWYYdh3Ggr0ng0q1zxJENXemD7Y8qJjjScPlIE9AGja9DKxn_N_dcQ7HuGubGW17wmv5hDwD2pksUCvKGpSOMcB8s3uq23hO5dANG19kNETE_V77CdrZ9=s16000" /></a></div><div align="center"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Turban_of_a_Coptic_Priest._(1836)_-_TIMEA.jpg" style="text-align: left;">a Coptic priest</a></div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center"><br /></div>
Laura Gibbshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04994025992373244815noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6989220165830937768.post-17471949212909754252022-01-29T16:54:00.005-05:002023-07-04T11:43:48.328-04:00The Lion, the Hyena, and the Calf<div>Lion and Hyena stole some cattle: Lion took the bull; Hyena the cow.</div><div>But when Lion saw Hyena's cow had calved, he stole the calf and rubbed blood on his bull. "Look!" Lion shouted. "My bull gave birth!" </div><div>"Impossible!" protested Hyena. But the judges, fearing Lion, ruled in his favor.</div><div>Hyena asked Rabbit for help.</div><div>So Rabbit walked by the judges carrying a water-gourd.</div><div>"Where are you going?" they asked.</div><div>"I'm taking water to my father who's just given birth!"</div><div>The judges laughed. "Males can't give birth."</div><div>"Then give that calf to Hyena!" said Rabbit, and so the judges did.</div><hr /><br />
<em>Inspired by</em>: "Lion and Hyena" in Kamba Folklore. I: Tales of Animals by Gerhard Lindblom, 1928.<br />
<em>Notes</em>: You can <b><a href="https://archive.org/details/archivesdtud18a20uppsuoft/page/n502/mode/1up?view=theater">read the original story online</a></b>.<br /><br /><div align="center"><img src="https://africa.lauragibbs.net/images/rabbit_1175_original.jpg" width="400" /><br /><br /><a href="https://pixabay.com/pl/photos/europejski-zaj%C4%85c-szarak-m%C5%82ody-zaj%C4%85c-3559563/">Pixabay</a></div>
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