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When lion could fly

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Bok Books International, David Bateman
Language
English
Pages
144

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Subjects

Tales, Animals, Folklore, Zoology, Africa

Places

Africa
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Cover of: When lion could fly
When lion could fly: and other tales from Africa
1993, Barron's
in English
Cover of: When lion could fly
When lion could fly: and other tales from Africa
1993, Bok Books International, David Bateman
in English
Cover of: When lion could fly
When lion could fly: and other tales from Africa
1993, Lutterworth Press
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Table of Contents

Stories: Serval and tortoise (Tswana)
How serval got his spots (Ndebele)
Lion and caracal (Batonka)
Caracal, eland, and jackal (Bushman)
Why mongoose kills snakes (Bushman)
Why bat flies at night (Zulu)
Why aardvark lives underground (Shona)
The kindly aardvark (Kikuyu)
Why pangolin has scales (Angoni)
Why porcupine has quills (Batonka)
Monkey's heart (Swahili)
Why monkeys look like people (Shona)
What squirrel saw (Hambakushu)
Squirrel and spider's web (Bushman)
Kudu and jackal go swimming (Swazi)
Kudu's wonderful horns (Swazi).
(cont.) Why bushbuck has a red coat (Herero)
Duiker saves Chief Khama I (Bamangwato)
When lion could fly (and Why vulture scavenges) (Hottentot)
Why there are cracks in tortoise's shell (Barotse)
Why guinea fowl calls at dawn (and why flies buzz) (Ekoi)
Honeyguide's revenge (Ndebele)
The birds' great race (Bushman)
The hare and the crocodile (Hambakushu)
Python saves the animals (Swazi)
Why python can shed his skin (Mende)
Chameleon and First Man (Ndebele)
Chameleon and the greedy spider (Bushman)
Why dung beetle is so strong (Ghana).

Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references (pages 143-144).

Published in
Durban North, South Africa, Auckland, N.Z

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
398.245096
Library of Congress
GR350 .G73 1993b

The Physical Object

Pagination
144 pages
Number of pages
144

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL32153933M
Internet Archive
whenlioncouldfly0000grea
ISBN 10
1874937265, 1874937273
ISBN 13
9781874937265, 9781874937272
OCLC/WorldCat
33006619

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