Elphinstone Dayrell
40 tales
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- The 'Nsasak Bird and the Odudu Bird
- The Affair of the Hippopotamus and the Tortoise; or, Why the Hippopotamus lives in the Water
- The Cock Who Caused a Fight Between Two Towns
- The Disobedient Daughter who Married a Skull
- The Election of the King Bird
- The Elephant and the Tortoise; or, Why the Worms are Blind and Why the Elephant has Small Eyes
- The Fish and the Leopard's Wife; or, Why the Fish lives in the Water
- The King and the 'Nsiat Bird
- The King and the Ju Ju Tree
- The King who Married the Cock's Daughter
- The King's Magic Drum
- The Lucky Fisherman
- The Orphan Boy and the Magic Stone
- The Slave Girl Who Tried to Kill Her Mistress
- The Story of the Drummer and the Alligators
- The Story of the Leopard, the Tortoise, and the Bush Rat
- The Story of the Lightning and the Thunder
- The Tortoise with a Pretty Daughter
- The Woman with Two Skins
- The Woman, the Ape, and the Child
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- Why a Hawk Kills Chickens
- Why Dead People Are Buried
- Why the Bat Flies at Night
- Why the Bat is Ashamed to be seen in the Daytime
- Why the Bush Cow and the Elephant are bad Friends
- Why the Cat kills Rats
- Why the Flies Bother the Cows
- Why the Moon Waxes and Wanes
- Why the Sun and the Moon Live in the Sky
- Why the Worms Live Underneath the Ground