The Girl Who Married a Lion: And Other Tales from Africa
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Gathered here is a beguiling selection of folktales from Zimbabwe and Botswana as retold by the best-selling author of The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency. This treasury contains most of the stories previously collected in Children of Wax and seven new tales from the Setswana-speaking people of Botswana. 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. The Washington Post - Dennis Drabelle In these folktales, Smith (who was born in Zimbabwe and now teaches law at Edinburgh University) acts as a veritable bridge between cultures.
A letter from Mma RamotsweGuinea fowl child3A bad way to treat friends8A girl who lived in a cave13Hare fools the baboons23Pumpkin29Sister of bones36Milk bird43Beware of friends you cannot trust53Children of wax57Brave hunter61Stone hare67A tree to sing to72A blind man catches a bird78Hare fools lion - again82Strange animal88Bad uncles93Why elephant and hyena live far from people99The wife who could not work107Bad blood115The sad story of tortoise and snail119An old man who saved some ungrateful people125Lazy baboons133Great snake136The girl who married a lion141Two bad friends146How a strange creature took the place of a girl, and then fell into a hole152Greater than lion160Head tree165The grandmother who was kind to a smelly girl169The baboons who went this way and that173Two friends who met for dinner177The Thathana Moratho tree181Tremendously clever tricks are played, but to limited effect185
