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Gathered here is a beguiling selection of folktales from Zimbabwe and Botswana. 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. Letter from Mma Ramotswe -- Guinea fowl child -- Bad way to treat friends -- Girl who lived in a cave -- Hare fools the baboons -- Pumpkin -- Sister of bones -- Milk bird -- Beware of friends you cannot trust -- Children of wax -- Brave hunter -- Stone Hare -- Tree to sing to -- Blind man catches a bird -- Hare fools Lion, again -- Strange animal -- Bad uncles -- Why Elep

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Author

McCall Smith, Alexander, 1948-

Publisher

New York : Pantheon Books

Published

2004

Language

EN

ISBN

9780375423123

Category

work of fiction

Subjects

Folklore, Anthropology, Fiction

Rating

3.43 / 5 (1,348 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-13