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| | [Introduction] | [vii] |
| I. | | [The Tortoise with a Pretty Daughter] | [1] |
| II. | | [How a Hunter obtained Money from his Friends the Leopard, Goat, Bush Cat, and
Cock, and how he got out of repaying them] | [6] |
| III. | | [The Woman with two Skins] | [11] |
| IV. | | [The King's Magic Drum] | [20] |
| V. | | [Ituen and the King's Wife] | [29] |
| VI. | | [Of the Pretty Stranger who Killed the King] | [33] |
| VII. | | [Why the Bat flies by Night] | [36] |
| VIII. | | [The Disobedient Daughter who Married a Skull] | [38] |
| IX. | | [The King who Married the Cock's Daughter] | [42] |
| X. | | [Concerning the Woman, the Ape, and the Child] | [46] |
| XI. | | [The Fish and The Leopard's Wife; or, Why the Fish lives in the
Water] | [49] |
| XII. | | [Why the Bat is Ashamed to be seen in the
Daytime] | [51] |
| XIII. | | [Why the Worms live Underneath the Ground] | [56] |
| XIV. | | [The Elephant and the Tortoise; or, Why the Worms are Blind and the Elephant has Small
Eyes] | [58] |
| XV. | | [Why a Hawk kills Chickens] | [62] |
| XVI. | | [Why the Sun and the Moon live in the Sky] | [64] |
| XVII. | | [Why the Flies Bother the Cows] | [66] |
| XVIII. | | [Why the Cat kills Rats] | [68] |
| XIX. | | [The Story of the Lightning and the Thunder] | [70] |
| XX. | | [Why the Bush Cow and the Elephant are bad
Friends] | [72] |
| XXI. | | [The Cock who caused a Fight between two
Towns] | [76] |
| XXII. | | [The Affair of the Hippopotamus and the Tortoise; or, Why the Hippopotamus
lives in the Water] | [79] |
| XXIII. | | [Why Dead People are Buried] | [81] |
| XXIV. | | [Of the Fat Woman who Melted Away] | [83] |
| XXV. | | [Concerning the Leopard, the Squirrel, and
the Tortoise] | [86] |
| XXVI. | | [Why the Moon Waxes and Wanes] | [91] |
| XXVII. | | [The Story of the Leopard, the Tortoise, and
the Bush Rat] | [93] |
| XXVIII. | | [The King and the Ju Ju Tree] | [98] |
| XXIX. | | [How the Tortoise overcame the Elephant
and the Hippopotamus] | [104] |
| XXX. | | [Of the Pretty Girl and the Seven Jealous
Women] | [107] |
| XXXI. | | [How the Cannibals drove the People from Insofan Mountain to the Cross River
(Ikom)] | [115] |
| XXXII. | | [The Lucky Fisherman] | [119] |
| XXXIII. | | [The Orphan Boy and the Magic Stone] | [121] |
| XXXIV. | | [The Slave Girl who tried to Kill her Mistress] | [126] |
| XXXV. | | [The King and the 'Nsiat Bird] | [133] |
| XXXVI. | | [Concerning the Fate of Essido and his Evil
Companions] | [135] |
| XXXVII. | | [Concerning the Hawk and the Owl] | [142] |
| XXXVIII. | | [The Story of the Drummer and the
Alligators] | [145] |
| XXXIX. | | [The 'Nsasak Bird and the Odudu Bird] | [153] |
| XL. | | [The Election of the King Bird (the black-and-white
Fishing Eagle)] | [156] |