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When Hippo was hairy and other tales from Africa
143 pages, 1 unnumbered page : illustrations (some color) ; 23 cm.
Thirty-six animal folktales from all parts of Africa, with factual information about each animal following the stories.
Stories: Why does the lion roar? (Batonka) -- Why does the lion not eat fruit? (Hambakushu) -- Dreadful crime of Kadima the hare (Hambakushu) -- Why the leopard hides his food up a tree (Ndebele) -- How cheetah got his speed (Bushman) -- Why the cheeks of the cheetah are stained with tears (Zulu) -- Revenge of the wild dog (Ndebele) -- Greedy hyena (Shona) -- Tree-climbing jackal (Swaziland) -- How jackal got his markings (Hottentot) -- Day jackal fooled the king of beasts (Zulu) -- Elephant learns some manners (Shona) -- Elephant and the rain (Bushman) -- Why Rhino scatters his dung (Batonka) -- The lost quill (Ndebele) -- No fish for the hippo (Bushman) --
When Hippo was hairy (Ndebele) -- Days of the hunting buffalo (Bushman) -- Day baboon outwitted leopard (Zulu) -- Why giraffe and the oxpecker are good friends (Bushman) -- Why the giraffe has a long neck (East Africa) -- Giraffe in the sky (Bushman) -- Why waterbuck helped crocodile (Makushu, from the Okavango) -- How the waterbuck got its white circle -- The first zebra (From the Angoni of Central Africa) -- How the zebra got his stripes (Zulu) -- How Tsessebe got his peculiar horns (Bushman) -- Why the wart hog goes about on his knees (Zulu) -- Why wart hog is so ugly (East Africa) -- The race that was rigged (Swazi) -- Tug-of-war (Ndebele) -- Why the dassie has no tail (Xhosa) -- Foolishness of the ostrich (Bushman) -- Why ostrich has a long neck (Sesotho) -- Ostrich and her chicks (Masai) -- Living stones (Swazi)
told by Nick Greaves ; illustrated by Rod Clement.