Wooden Gongs and Drumbeats : African Folktales, Proverbs and Idioms.

Intro -- Table of contents -- Dedication -- Part 1 Folktales -- A How and why stories -- 1 Why the tortoise has a rough shell -- 2 Why the kite carries chickens -- 3 How the cow became man's property -- 4 How the sheep lost its horn -- 5 Why babies can't talk -- 6 How the catfish got a flat head -- 7 Why mosquitoes buzz around the ear -- 8 Why bats fly at night -- 9 Why babies do not have teeth -- 10 Why we have rainfalls everywhere -- 11 Why men no longer get pregnant -- 12 How the frog got its big eyes -- 13 How the nightingale got a melodious voice -- 14 How the dog came to live with man -- B Moral stories -- 15 The tortoise tries to dodge his responsibilities -- 16 The Race -- 17 The tortoise and his bag of wisdom -- 18 The lion and the mouse -- 19 The tough Cockerel -- 20 The blind man and the lame man -- 21 The mother hen's story -- 22 The lion cub and the lamb -- 23 The eagle that became a chicken -- 24 The fox and the dog -- 25 The antelope and his antlers -- 26 The lion is ill -- 27 The frog and some naughty children -- 28 The inquisitive lion cub -- 29 Haruna and the camel -- 30 Yusuf and the donkey -- 31 The ant and the grasshopper -- Part 2 Idioms and proverbs -- A Idioms -- 32 Idioms -- B Proverbs -- 33 Proverbs.

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