Kitoto, a mouse deprived of dinner when a hawk forces him into hiding, embarks on a quest to make friends with the most powerful being on the Savannah in order to help him overcome his fear.
Set in contemporary Tanzania, this variation on a traditional tale describes how a young girl learns a lesson in patience when a spirit woman sends her to get three whiskers from a lion.
Mbeku, the greedy tortoise, gets himself invited to the banquet in Skyland, but is trapped with no way to get back to Earth in this Igbo tale of why the tortoise has a checkered shell.