The girl who married a lion and other tales from Africa:
A girl discovers that her young husband might actually be a lion in disguise, but not before they have two sons who might actually be cubs . . . When a child made of wax follows his curiosity outside into the heat of daylight and melts, his siblings shape him into a bird with feathers made of leaves...
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| Summary: | A girl discovers that her young husband might actually be a lion in disguise, but not before they have two sons who might actually be cubs . . . When a child made of wax follows his curiosity outside into the heat of daylight and melts, his siblings shape him into a bird with feathers made of leaves that enable him to fly into the light . . . Talking hyenas, milk-giving birds, clever cannibals who nonetheless get their comeuppance, and mysterious forces that reside in the landscape - these wonderful fables bring us the wealth, the variety, and the particular magic of traditional African lore. |
| Physical Description: | XIV, 189 S. |
| ISBN: | 0375423125 |
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THE GIRL W H O
MARRIED A LION
and Other Tales from Africa
ALEXANDER MCGALL SMITH
Pantheon Books, New York
CONTENTS
Introduction ix
A Letter from Mma Ramotswe xiii
Guinea Fowl Child 3
A Bad Way to Treat Friends 8
A Girl Who Lived in a Cave 13
Hare Fools the Baboons 23
Pumpkin 29
Sister of Bones 36
Milk Bird 43
Beware of Friends You Cannot Trust 53
Children of Wax 57
Brave Hunter 61
Stone Hare 67
A Tree to Sing To 72
A Blind Man Catches a Bird 78
Hare Fools Lion—Again 82
VII
CONTENTS
Strange Animal 88
Bad Uncles 93
Why Elephant and Hyena Live Far from'People 99
The Wife Who Could Not Work 107
Bad Blood 115
The Sad Story of Tortoise and Snail 119
An Old Man Who Saved Some Ungrateful People 125
Lazy Baboons 133
Great Snake 136
The Girl Who Married a Lion 141
Two Bad Friends 146
How a Strange Creature Took the Place of a Girl,
and Then Fell into a Hole 152
Greater Than Lion 160
Head Tree 165
The Grandmother Who Was Kind to a Smelly Girl 169
The Baboons Who Went This Way and That 173
Two Friends Who Met for Dinner 177
The Thathana Moratho Tree 181
Tremendously Clever Tricks Are Played,
but to Limited Effect 185 |
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