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The Man, His Son, and Their Donkey: A Tale of Pleasing Everyone
A man and his son were once going with their donkey to market. As they were walking along by his...
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The Apprentice Thief: How a Boy Outwitted His Uncle - A Middle Eastern Folk Tale
Once upon a time, in a small village, there lived a young boy with his mother. His father had passed...
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The Ghoul's Bread Box: A Tale of Loss and Redemption
Once upon a time, in a small village on the edge of a dark forest, there lived a poor family – a...
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The Brothers' Tale: Sacred Salt and the Ghoul's Defeat - A Middle Eastern Folktale
Once upon a time, in a far-off land, there lived two brothers who were both married. Times were...
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The Dog's Loyal Sacrifice: How the Tortoise Got its Shell Pattern
Once upon a time, all animals were living together in unity. They were eating whatever they can find...
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The Creation Myth of Doondari: How the Universe and Man Were Made
At the beginning there was a huge drop of milk. Then Doondari came and he created the stone. Then...
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The Magic Stone Escape: How Ananse the Spider Saved Goat from Tiger - West African Folk Story
Tiger, Ananse, and Goat shared a house together, but Tiger wanted the whole house for himself. "I'm...
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The Contest of Strength: How Ananse the Spider Tricked Tiger and Deer - West African Folk Tale
Ananse and Tiger wanted to see whose hand was strongest. Ananse hid a hammer up his sleeve and hit...
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The Suspicious Spider: How Ananse Outsmarted Tiger's Death Plot
Tiger wanted to kill Ananse. "Tell him I'm dead," Tiger said to Mrs. Tiger. "I'll lie here and wait...
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Why Spiders Hide in Debris: The Dark Tale of Ananse's Rooftop Escape - West African Origin Story
Ananse and his family were on the rooftop, hiding from Tiger. One of Anansi's children complained,...
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Why Spiders Live on Roofs: The Tale of How Ananse's Final Trick Changed Spider History - West African Origin Story
Tiger and Ananse went to the river. "Wash your guts!" Ananse told Tiger. Tiger took out his guts and...
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The Bone Hole Ghost: How Ananse's Family Outsmarted Tiger for His Stew - West African Spider Tale
Tiger had a big pot of stew-meat, and he had a bone-hole where he threw the bones. Ananse and his...
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The Night of Stolen Eggs: How Ananse the Spider Tricked Firefly and Tiger - West African Folktale
Firefly and Ananse were gathering eggs at night. "Little eggs for you," said Ananse. "Big eggs for...
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The Wedding Revenge: How Ananse the Spider Ruined Tiger's Big Day - West African Folk Story
Tiger didn't invite Ananse to his wedding. Ananse was mad, so he put cow-itch plant inside Tiger's...
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The Fish Coffin Trick: How Ananse the Spider's Revenge Led to Tiger's Downfall - West African Trickster Tale
To hide his fish from Tiger, Ananse put them in a coffin.Tiger saw Ananse with the coffin. "I'll...
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The Clever Revenge: How Ananse the Spider Tricked the Fish-Stealing Tiger - Traditional West African Story
Ananse was carrying a basket of fish when he met Tiger. Tiger grabbed the basket and ate the fish....
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he Mango Tree Trick: How Ananse the Spider Deceived Tiger - Classic West African Folktale
Tiger had a mango-tree, and Ananse wanted some of Tiger's mangoes. "Will you give me some mangoes?"...
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The Tale of Ananse and Tiger's Missing Fish: A West African Trickster Story
Ananse and Tiger went fishing. When they caught a fish, Tiger grabbed it. "This one's mine!" he...
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Ananse in the Gourd
Tiger was chasing Ananse. Ananse needed to hide, so he hid inside Tiger's water-gourd. Tiger didn't...
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Ananse and the Tar-Stump
Someone was stealing Tiger's peanuts, so Tiger made a trap. He tarred a stump and put a hat on it....
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Why the Bat flies at Night
Once upon a time, in the distant past, there was a great war between the animals who live in the sky...
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