The girl who married a lion and other tales from Africa

McCall Smith, Alexander 1948- (Author).

Summary: 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.

Record details

ISBN: 9780375423444 (electronic bk. : Adobe Reader)
ISBN: 0375423443 (electronic bk. : Adobe Reader)
ISBN: 9780375423444 (electronic bk. : Mobipocket Reader)
ISBN: 0375423443 (electronic bk. : Mobipocket Reader)
Physical Description: electronic
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xiv, 189 p. ; 20 cm.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: New York : Pantheon Books, c2004.

Content descriptions

Formatted Contents Note:	A letter from Mma Ramotswe -- Guinea fowl child -- A bad way to treat friends -- A 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 -- A tree to sing to -- A blind man catches a bird -- Hare fools Lion, again -- Strange animal -- Bad uncles -- Why Elephant and Hyena live far from people -- The wife who could not work -- Bad blood -- The sad story of Tortoise and Snail -- An old man who saved some ungrateful people -- Lazy baboons -- Great snake -- The girl who married a lion -- Two bad friends -- How a strange creature took the place of a girl, and then fell into a hole -- Greater than Lion -- Head tree -- The grandmother who was kind to a smelly girl -- The baboons who went this way and that -- Two friends who met for dinner -- The thathana moratho tree -- Tremendously clever tricks are played, but to limited effect.
Reproduction Note:	Electronic reproduction. New York : Knopf Publishing Group, 2004. Requires Adobe Reader 6.0 (file size: 716 KB) or Mobipocket Reader (file size: 133 KB).
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