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| [INTRODUCTION] | 11 |
| I. | [ANANSI, OR SPIDER, TALES] | |
| I. | [HOW WE GOT THE NAME ‘SPIDER TALES’] | 29 |
| II. | [HOW WISDOM BECAME THE PROPERTY OF THE HUMAN RACE] | 33 |
| III. | [ANANSI AND NOTHING] | 35 |
| IV. | [THUNDER AND ANANSI] | 39 |
| V. | [WHY THE LIZARD CONTINUALLY MOVES HIS HEAD UP AND DOWN] | 45 |
| VI. | [TIT FOR TAT] | 51 |
| VII. | [WHY WHITE ANTS ALWAYS HARM MAN’S PROPERTY] | 55 |
| VIII. | [THE SQUIRREL AND THE SPIDER] | 59 |
| IX. | [WHY WE SEE ANTS CARRYING BUNDLES AS BIG AS THEMSELVES] | 63 |
| X. | [WHY SPIDERS ARE ALWAYS FOUND IN THE CORNERS OF CEILINGS] | 69 |
| XI. | [ANANSI THE BLIND FISHERMAN] | 73 |
| XII. | [ADZANUMEE AND HER MOTHER][[6]] | 77 |
| XIII. | [THE GRINDING-STONE THAT GROUND FLOUR BY ITSELF] | 81 |
| XIV. | [“MORNING SUNRISE”] | 85 |
| XV. | [WHY THE SEA-TURTLE WHEN CAUGHT BEATS ITS BREAST WITH ITS FORE-LEGS] | 87 |
| XVI. | [HOW BEASTS AND SERPENTS FIRST CAME INTO THE WORLD] | 89 |
| XVII. | [HONOURABLE MINŪ] | 95 |
| XVIII. | [WHY THE MOON AND THE STARS RECEIVE THEIR LIGHT FROM THE SUN] | 97 |
| II. | [MISCELLANEOUS TALES] | |
| XIX. | [OHIA AND THE THIEVING DEER] | 105 |
| XX. | [HOW THE TORTOISE GOT ITS SHELL] | 115 |
| XXI. | [THE HUNTER AND THE TORTOISE] | 119 |
| XXII. | [THE TAIL OF THE PRINCESS ELEPHANT] | 123 |
| XXIII. | [KWOFI AND THE GODS] | 129 |
| XXIV. | [THE LION AND THE WOLF] | 131 |
| XXV. | [MAKU MAWU AND MAKU FIA] | 133 |
| XXVI. | [THE ROBBER AND THE OLD MAN] | 139 |
| XXVII. | [THE LEOPARD AND THE RAM] | 141 |
| XXVIII. | [WHY THE LEOPARD CAN ONLY CATCH PREY ON ITS LEFT SIDE][[7]] | 145 |
| XXIX. | [QUARCOO BAH-BONI] | 147 |
| XXX. | [KING CHAMELEON AND THE ANIMALS] | 155 |
| XXXI. | [TO LOSE AN ELEPHANT FOR THE SAKE OF A WREN IS A VERY FOOLISH THING TO DO] | 159 |
| XXXII. | [THE UNGRATEFUL MAN] | 163 |
| XXXIII. | [WHY TIGERS NEVER ATTACK MEN UNLESS THEY ARE PROVOKED] | 167 |
| XXXIV. | [THE OMANHENE WHO LIKED RIDDLES] | 171 |
| XXXV. | [HOW MUSHROOMS FIRST GREW] | 177 |
| XXXVI. | [FARMER MYBROW AND THE FAIRIES] | 181 |