Part I. Tales of wonder from the great ocean of story -- Demane and Demazana -- The password -- The three tests -- Monkey steals a drum -- A man who could transform himself -- Tale of an old woman -- The king's daughter who lost her hair -- Profitable amends -- The man and the muskrat -- The hare's hoe -- Why the hare runs away -- The tortoise and the falcon -- Rubiya -- The flying lion -- A-man-among-men -- A competition of lies -- Part II. Stories to discuss and even argue about -- The contest of riddles -- Leopard, goat, and yam -- An eye for an eye? -- Wonderous powers: mirror, sandals, and a medicine bag -- The Devil comes between them -- The quality of friendship -- The four champions -- Who should he kill? -- Killing virtue -- A spirited contending -- Love caused it all -- Killed for a horse -- Three wives -- The five helpers -- Many miracles -- Their eyes came out -- He starved his own -- The smart man and the fool -- Fembar's curiosity -- A father's advice -- Is it right that he should bite me? -- Take me carefully, carefully -- Tiger slights the tortoise -- The nature of the beast -- The disobedient sisters -- Rich man, poor man -- Finders keepers -- The leopard woman -- Part III. Tales of Trickster and other ridiculous creatures: tales to entertain -- Why monkeys live in trees -- All the little animals -- Why the dog always chases other animals -- The story of Hlankanyana -- Cursing the birds -- Saving the rain -- Stuffin the hyena -- Cutting the elephant's hips -- The clever wakasnake -- The Tricksters' encounter -- How Squirrel robbed Rabbit of his tail -- Victims of vanity -- Death by burning -- The ant's burden -- Their soft crowns discovered -- The pig's nose and the baboon's rear -- One trick deserves another -- The pleasure of his company -- The dog eats all the ants -- No longer fear the cock's comb -- How Honey Guide came to have power over honey -- The trapper trapped -- Medicine to catch him -- Friends for a time -- The great overland trek -- The Shundi and the cock -- Spider outwits the rich woman -- Softly, over the head of the great -- Treachery repaid -- The great Dikithi -- The work done by itself -- Two friends from their childhood -- Talking drums discovered -- Part IV. Tales in praise of great doings -- Gassire's lute -- The Mwindo epic -- Part V. Making a way through life -- Salt, sauce, and spice, onion leaves, pepper, and drippings -- The old woman with sores -- How it pays sometimes to be small -- The cloth of Pembe Mirui -- The wooing battle -- The orphan with the cloak of skin -- Tungululi and the masters -- Chameleon into needle -- Mother come back -- The three sisters -- The messenger bird -- The child in the reeds -- A woman's quest -- Never ask me about my family -- A man marries a lioness.
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