Cunnie Rabbit, Mr. Spider and the Other Beef

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Author

Ward, Henry W.

Title

Cunnie Rabbit, Mr. Spider and the Other Beef: West African Folk Tales

Credits

Produced by Chris Whitehead, Suzanne Shell and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.)

Language

English

LoC Class

GR: Geography, Anthropology, Recreation: Folklore

Subject

Tales -- Africa, West

Category

Text

eBook-No.

48828

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/48828

Release Date

April 30, 2015

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.Untitled
2. 2.CUNNIE RABBIT, MR. SPIDER AND THE OTHER BEEF
3. 3.PREFACE
4. 4.CONTENTS — CUNNIE RABBIT
5. 5.INTRODUCTION
6. 6.CHAPTER I — WHEN THE NIGHT HAS COME — MR. SPIDER WINS A WIFE
7. 7.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.
8. 8.CHAPTER III — A BACK-YARD KITCHEN — CUNNING RABBIT AND HIS WELL. — GOATS OF THE WOOD AND OF THE TOWN.
9. 9.CHAPTER IV — EVENING ON THE WATER — SPIDER DISCOVERS THE WAX GIRL. — MR. CHAMELEON IS TRANSFORMED INTO A BOAT. — SPIDER, ELEPHAN' EN PAWPAWTÁMUS.
10. 10.CHAPTER V — A PURRO INITIATION — CUNNING RABBIT BECOMES A KING. — MR. SPIDER INITIATES THE FOWLS.
11. 11.CHAPTER VI — THE BURNING OF THE FARM — SPIDER TRIES TO "BRUSH" THE DEVIL'S FARM. — THE DEVIL TURNS PIGEON
12. 12.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.
13. 13.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.
14. 14.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.
15. 15.CHAPTER X — KONAH TURNS STORY-TELLER — THE DEVIL'S MAGIC EGGS. — TOOTHACHE ENTAILED. — WHY MR. SPIDER'S WAIST IS SMALL.
16. 16.CHAPTER XI — WHILE THE BIRDS DID NOT COME — MR. SPIDER SECURES A POWERFUL WITCH MEDICINE. — MR. SPIDER GETS INTO TROUBLE AGAIN. — A GHOST STORY.
17. 17.CHAPTER XII — A HARVEST HOME IN TEMNE-LAND — WATCH-POT AND GREEDY. — THE ORIGIN OF THE AXE.
18. 18.CHAPTER XIII — KONAH HAS A WONDERFUL DAY — THE NEW VERSION OF EVE AND THE APPLE.
19. 19.VOCABULARY

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