"The Moon and Stars": Anansi and his son help prisoners of the dragon escape and are rewarded by becoming the sun (Kweku Tsin), the moon (Anansi), and the stars (other prisoners)
"How the Tortoise Got Its Shell": The creation of the tortoise was made by him being smothered by a heavy pot and being rained on for months where is caked the pot and dust to his back.
"The Hunter and the Tortoise": The story is about a man finding a singing tortoise and takes her home with him but breaks a promise to her and is killed for his lying.
"The Leopard and the Ram": The story is about how the ram and leopard once lived together but the ram scared the leopard away and has ever since live in the house while the leopard lived in the woods.
"King Chameleon and the Animals": This story is about how the chameleon cheated his way into the king's position but no one would be apart of his kingdom so in reality he was no king.
"Elephant and Wren": The spider cheated in cutting down a tree with a wooden ax and on his way home tried to capture a wren for his families dinner so he could keep the elephant to himself when the elephant escaped.
"The Ungrateful Man": A hunter helped various animals out of a hole and was later betrayed by the human and sent to prison. The hunter saved the kings life and was let go and the human was beheaded.
"Why Tigers Never Attack Men Unless They Are Provoked": A tiger and a man meet in the woods and decided to live with one another. The man's friends shot the tiger and the tiger told his friend he would never harm a human unless provoked.
"How Mushrooms First Grew": Two men in debt wore robbed by a batfowl who was robbed by a tree who was robbed by an elephant who was robbed by a hunter who was robbed by a stump who was robbed by ant. The ant paid off their debts by making mushrooms for eating.
"Farmer Mybrow and the Fairies": Mybrow created a magnificent field with the use of the fairies. Mybrow told his wife where his field was on one condition, that she not answer any questions while there. When she answered the fairies asking who she was the fairies destroyed the field.
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