Outa Karel's Stories: South African Folk-Lore Tales
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Chapters (21)
- Foreword.
- Illustrations.
- Glossary.
- I. The Place and the People.
- II. How Jakhals Fed Oom Leeuw.
- III. Who was King?
- IV. Why the Hyena is Lame.
- V. Who was the Thief?
- VI. The Sun. A Bushman Legend.
- VII. The Stars and the Stars’ Road.
- VIII. Why the Hare’s Nose is Slit.
- IX. How the Jackal got his Stripe.
- X. The Animals’ Dam.
- XI. Saved by his Tail.
- XII. The Flying Lion.
- XIII. Why the Heron has a Crooked Neck.
- XIV. The Little Red Tortoise.
- XV. The Ostrich Hunt.
- Other Folk-Lore Tales
- Colophon
- Corrections
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