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Henry W. Ward. Cunnie Rabbit, Mr. Spider and the Other Beef: West African Folk Tales
Cunnie Rabbit, Mr. Spider and the Other Beef: West African Folk Tales
Table of Contents
PREFACE
CUNNIE RABBIT
INTRODUCTION
CHAPTER I
WHEN THE NIGHT HAS COME
MR. SPIDER WINS A WIFE
CHAPTER II
WITH THE SPIRITS OF THE WOOD
GORO, THE WONDERFUL WRESTLER
MR. SPIDER SOLD A VERY FINE DOG
MR. TURTLE MAKES A RIDING-HORSE OF MR. LEOPARD
CHAPTER III
A BACK-YARD KITCHEN
CUNNING RABBIT AND HIS WELL
GOATS OF THE WOOD AND OF THE TOWN
CHAPTER IV
EVENING ON THE WATER
SPIDER DISCOVERS THE WAX GIRL
MR. CHAMELEON IS TRANSFORMED INTO A BOAT
SPIDER, ELEPHAN' EN PAWPAWTÁMUS
CHAPTER V
A PURRO INITIATION
CUNNING RABBIT BECOMES A KING
MR. SPIDER INITIATES THE FOWLS
CHAPTER VI
THE BURNING OF THE FARM
SPIDER TRIES TO "BRUSH" THE DEVIL'S FARM
THE DEVIL TURNS PIGEON
CHAPTER VII
MAMMY MAMENAH AND HER FRIENDS
A STONE THAT WORE A BEARD
THE GIRL THAT PLAITED THE DEVIL'S BEARD
MARRY THE DEVIL, THERE'S THE DEVIL TO PAY
CHAPTER VIII
CHILDREN OF NATURE
THE THREE TWINS
WHICH TWIN RESTORED HIS FATHER TO LIFE?
WHICH ONE WAS MOST GREEDY?
MR. SPIDER CREATES A FRIGHTFUL TORNADO
MR. LEOPARD SHOWS HIS HAND
MR. LEOPARD FOOLS THE OTHER ANIMALS
A CASE OF "TIT FOR TAT."
DR. SPIDER'S FATAL PRESCRIPTIONS
MR. SPIDER "PULLS" A SUPPLY OF BEEF
CHAPTER IX
AN AFTERNOON IN THE BARREH[56]
THE DANCING BIRD
THE WICKED IS TAKEN IN HIS OWN SNARE
AN OLD MAN TURNS ELEPHANT
THE MAN WHO COULD NOT KEEP SECRETS
CHAPTER X
KONAH TURNS STORY-TELLER
THE DEVIL'S MAGIC EGGS
TOOTHACHE ENTAILED
WHY MR. SPIDER'S WAIST IS SMALL
CHAPTER XI
WHILE THE BIRDS DID NOT COME
MR. SPIDER SECURES A POWERFUL WITCH MEDICINE
MR. SPIDER GETS INTO TROUBLE AGAIN
A GHOST STORY
CHAPTER XII
A HARVEST HOME IN TEMNE-LAND
WATCH-POT AND GREEDY
THE ORIGIN OF THE AXE
CHAPTER XIII
KONAH HAS A WONDERFUL DAY
THE NEW VERSION OF EVE AND THE APPLE
VOCABULARY
