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 Nigerian Folk Stories Author: Elphinstone Dayrell Part A: Why the Cat Kills Rats There was Ansa and he was the king of Calabar for 50 years He had a very faithful housekeeper that was a cat and rat as a house boy The king was very fond of his cat The rat was very poor and fell in love with the king's servant girl but was unable to give her presents The rat thought of the king's store one night he made a hole in the roof and then stole corn and pears and presented them to her The cat had to check the inventory in the store for the king at the end of the month he found out things were missing The king was very angry and asked for an explanation The cat had heard from one of her friends that the rat had been stealing and giving it to the girl When the cat told the king he called the girl before him and had her flogged and the rat was given to the cat to deal with Both the cat and the rat were dismissed from service The cat was furious and killed and ate the rat and now whenever s...

  South African Folktales Author: Multiple Part A: The Lost Message Ants have many enemies and anteaters live wholly from them A few ants found it best to have a council meeting to make arrangments for a retreating place They could not come to a decision There were a red, rice, black, wagtail, gray, and shining ant as well as others Thye discussed for a long time but came to no conclusion each part decided it best to go their own way  from among the ants, some had an appointed king and divided labor, unity could not be seen greater around the world Each group did it in its own way and no one had a plan against birds or an anteater Red ants built an underground house and the anteater destroyed it Rice ants lied underground and the anteater visited them too nothing was better Wagtail lived in the trees but a centipede laid waiting as well as the birds gobbled them up\ Gray decided to take flight but was stopped by the lizard hunting spider and the birds Insect king heard there w...