African Folktales Told in Israel

Stories that were told by African students at Mount Carmel International Training Centre, Haifa, to the Anthropologist Gene Baharav. The book is divided into three parts: Animals and their World; The Realm of Man; Local Legends and Traditions. The stories include : Talking Animals, How the Cat Became a Domestic Animal, A Greedy Spider, The Song of the Happy Cobbler, The Lost Son Returns Home, How our People Began First to Cook their Food, The First White Man in Kenya, Where the Masai Tribe Started, Why the Sun and the Moon Parted, The Reward of a Peaceful Woman, Hoe Goat Outwitz Elephant, A Desirable Husband, Hoe a Man Lost His Wife Through Curiosity, Why the Bear has no Tail, and many more.

Once upon a time Wolf was greatly feared amongst the animals, because he used to eat their flesh. At last he made a promise to the other animals that he would not eat their flesh as long as he was thirsty. However, as soon as he had quenched his thirst, he would be compelled to request that one of the animals, who happened to be near by, give up a piece of its flesh. His appetite for meat, he admitted, was at its height after drinking water.
(Talking Animals)