Knutson, Barbara

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Love and roast chicken

a trickster tale from the Andes Mountains
In this folktale from the Andes, a clever guinea pig repeatedly outsmarts the fox that wants to eat him for dinner.

Love and roast chicken

a trickster tale from the Andes Mountains
In this folktale from the Andes, a clever guinea pig repeatedly outsmarts the fox that wants to eat him for dinner.
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Amor y pollo asado

un cuento andino de enredos y enga?os
2004
In this folktale from the Andes, a clever guinea pig repeatedly outsmarts the fox that wants to eat him for dinner.

How the guinea fowl got her spots

an African tale
1990
A folk explanation for the guinea fowl's protective coloration that enables it to hide from its natural predator, the lion.

Why the crab has no head

an African tale
1987
Retells the African folktale from the Bakongo people of Zaire in which Crab's pride influences his creator, who leaves Crab without a head to make him humble.

Sungura and Leopard

a Swahili trickster tale
2007
A small but clever hare and a fierce leopard agree to share a house, but as the hare's family grows, he realizes that he must find a way to get rid of his bad-tempered neighbor.

Sungura and Leopard

a Swahili trickster tale
1993
A small but clever hare and a fierce leopard agree to share a house, but as the hare's family grows, he realizes that he must find a way to get rid of his bad-tempered neighbor.

How the guinea fowl got her spots

a Swahili tale of friendship
1990
A folk explanation for the guinea fowl's protective coloration that enables it to hide from its natural predator, the lion.

Love and roast chicken

a trickster tale from the Andes Mountains
2004
In this folktale from the Andes, a clever guinea pig repeatedly outsmarts the fox that wants to eat him for dinner.
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