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Read by Farnood, PhyllisV, Stefan Von Blon, Anita Sloma-Martinez, ceekay, Kathrine Engan, JT, Paul Brian Stewart, John, Elizabeth Jenkins, Jordan Cline, Tim van der Scheer, Mary Frances and Nan Dodge · LibriVox · public domain · Archive.org recording · License
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Introduction (19:33) The Tortoise with a Pretty Daughter (11:14) How a Hunter Obtained Money from His Friends the Leopard, Goat, Bush Cat, and Cock, and How He Got Out of Repaying Them (9:34) The Woman with Two Skins (17:59) The King’s Magic Drum (17:39) Ituen and the King’s Wife (8:00) Of the Pretty Stranger Who Killed the King (6:16) Why the Bat Flies by Night (3:24) The Disobedient Daughter Who Married a Skull (7:37) The King Who Married the Cock’s Daughter (8:35) Concerning the Woman, the Ape, and the Child (6:52) The Fish and the Leopard’s Wife; or, Why the Fish Lives in the Water (2:38) Why the Bat is Ashamed to be Seen in the Daytime (7:05) Why the Worms Live Underneath the Ground (2:47) The Elephant and the Tortoise; or, Why the Worms are Blind and the Elephant Has Small Eyes (5:39) Why A Hawk Kills Chickens (3:32) Why the Sun and the Moon Live in the Sky (2:47) Why the Flies Bother the Cows (2:12) Why the Cat Kills Rats (2:07) The Story of the Lightning and the Thunder (2:20) Why the Bush Cow and the Elephant Are Bad Friends (5:35) The Cock Who Caused A Fight Between Two Towns (4:44) The Affair of the Hippopotamus and the Tortoise; or, Why the Hippopotamus Lives in the Water (3:27) Why Dead People Are Buried (2:47) Of the Fat Woman Who Melted Away (4:16) Concerning the Leopard, the Squirrel, and the Tortoise (7:55) Why the Moon Waxes and Wanes (2:51) The Story of the Leopard, the Tortoise, and the Bush Rat (7:31) The King and the Ju Ju Tree (7:58) How the Tortoise Overcame the Elephant and the Hippopotamus (3:54) Of the Pretty Girl and the Seven Jealous Women (12:31) How the Cannibals Drove the People from Insofan Mountain to the Cross River (Ikom) (5:01) The Lucky Fisherman (3:46) The Orphan Boy and the Magic Stone (8:17) The Slave Girl Who Tried to Kill Her Mistress (11:05) The King and the ‘Nsiat Bird (3:29) Concerning the Fate of Essido and His Evil Companions (12:34) Concerning the Hawk and the Owl (4:27) The Story of the Drummer and the Alligators (14:03) The ‘Nsasak Bird and the Odudu Bird (4:47) The Election of the King Bird (The Black-and-White Fishing Eagle) (6:51)
