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The Girl Who Married a Lion: And Other Tales from Africa
The Girl Who Married a Lion And Other Tales from Africa Author:Alexander McCall Smith 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 ... more »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.« less