Chapter II: Introduction: 1
I. WHEN THE NIGHT HAS COME 37
MR. SPIDER WINS A WIFE.
II. WITH THE SPIRITS OF THE WOOD 50
GORO, THE WONDERFUL WRESTLER.
MR. SPIDER A CLEVER TRADER.
MR. TURTLE MAKES A RIDING-HORSE OF MR.
LEOPARD.
III. A BACK-YARD KITCHEN 77
CUNNING RABBIT AND HIS WELL.
GOATS OF THE WOOD AND OF THE TOWN.
IV. EVENING ON THE WATER 96
SPIDER DISCOVERS THE WAX GIRL.
MR. CHAMELEON IS TRANSFORMED INTO A
BOAT.
SPIDER, ELEPHAN' EN PAWPAWTÁMUS.
V. A PURRO INITIATION 124
CUNNING RABBIT BECOMES A KING.
MR. SPIDER INITIATES THE FOWLS.
VI. THE BURNING OF THE FARM 147
SPIDER TRIES TO BRUSH THE DEVIL'S FARM.
THE DEVIL TURNS PIGEON.
VII. MAMMY MAMENAH AND HER FRIENDS 165
A STONE THAT WORE A BEARD.
THE GIRL WHO PLAITED THE DEVIL'S BEARD.
"MARRY THE DEVIL, THERE'S THE DEVIL
TO PAY."
VIII. CHILDREN OF NATURE 188
THE THREE TWINS.
WHICH TWIN RESTORED HIS FATHER TO
LIFE.
WHICH ONE WAS MOST GREEDY.
MR. SPIDER CREATES A FRIGHTFUL TORNADO.
MR. LEOPARD SHOWS HIS HAND.
MR. LEOPARD FOOLS THE OTHER ANIMALS.
A CASE OF TIT FOR TAT.
DR. SPIDER'S FATAL PRESCRIPTIONS.
MR. SPIDER "PULLS" A SUPPLY OF MEAT.
IX. AN AFTERNOON IN THE BARREH 240
THE DANCING BIRD.
THE WICKED IS TAKEN IN HIS OWN SNARE.
AN OLD MAN TURNS ELEPHANT.
THE MAN WHO COULD NOT KEEP SECRETS.
X. KONAH TURNS STORY-TELLER 264
THE DEVIL'S MAGIC EGGS.
TOOTHACHE ENTAILED.
WHY MR. SPIDER'S WAIST IS SMALL.
XI. WHILE THE BIRDS DID NOT COME 281
MR. SPIDER SECURES A POWERFUL WITCH
MEDICINE.
MR. SPIDER GETS INTO TROUBLE AGAIN.
A GHOST STORY.
XII. A HARVEST HOME IN TEMNE-LAND 298
WATCH-POT AND GREEDY.
THE ORIGIN OF THE AXE.
XIII. KONAH HAS A WONDERFUL DAY 317
THE NEW VERSION OF EVE AND THE APPLE.
CUNNIE RABBIT
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