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Congo Folklore Tales: Stories I–VI

By John H. Weeks

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The complete text of the first six stories in the Congo Folklore Tales section of John H. Weeks’s Congo Life and Folklore, published as the source edition paired with the Literunico Brazilian Portuguese translation.

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  1. 01I. How the Fowl evaded his DebtRead
  2. 02II. Why the Small-ant was the WinnerRead
  3. 03III. How the Animals imitated the Gazelle and brought Trouble upon ThemselvesRead
  4. 04IV. Why the Fowls never shut their DoorsRead
  5. 05V. Why the Dog and the Palm-rat hate each otherRead
  6. 06VI. The Leopard boils his Mother’s TeethRead

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