Acknowledgments
Introduction.
General Information..
In the Beginning.
Why does the Lion Roar? (A Batonka story)..
Why the Lion does not eat Fruit (A Hambakushu story)
Facts about Lions...
The Dreadful Crime of Kadima the Hare (A Hambakushu story).
Why the Leopard Hides his Food up a Tree (A Ndebele story).
Facts about Leopards
How Cheetah got his Speed (A Bushman story)
Why the Cheeks of the Cheetah are Stained with Tears
(A Zulu story) ...
Facts about Cheetahs.
The Revenge of Wild Dog (A Ndebele story)..
Facts about Wild Dogs ....
The Greedy Hyena (A Shona story).
Facts about Hyenas....
The Tree-climbing Jackal (A story from Swaziland)
How Jackal got his Markings (A Hottentot story)
The Day Jackal Fooled the King of Beasts (A Zulu story).
Facts about Jackals.
Elephant Learns some Manners (A Shona story)
The Elephant and the Rain (An ancient Bushman story)
Facts about Elephants...
Why Rhino scatters his Dung (A Batonka story)..
The Lost Quill (A Ndebele story)..
Facts about Rhinoceros.
No Fish for the Hippo (A Bushman story)
When Hippo was Hairy (A Ndebele story)
Facts about Hippopotamus
The Days of the Hunting Buffalo (A Bushman story).
Facts about Buffalo
The day Baboon outwitted Leopard (A Zulu story).
Facts about Baboons
Why Giraffe and the Oxpecker are Good Friends
(A Bushman legend) ..
Why the Giraffe has a Long Neck (An East African story) .
The Giraffe in the Sky (An ancient Bushman legend)...
Facts about Giraffes
Why Waterbuck helped Crocodile
(A Makushu story from the Okavango) .
How the Waterbuck got its White Circle
Facts about Waterbucks
The First Zebra (A tale from the Angoni of Central Africa)
How the Zebra got his Stripes (A Zulu story).
Facts about Zebras..
How Tsessebe got his Peculiar Horns (A Bushman story)
Facts about Tsessebe
Why the Wart Hog goes about on his Knees (A Zulu story)
Why Wart Hog is so Ugly (A story from East Africa)
Facts about Wart Hogs.
The Race that was Rigged (A Swazi story)
The Tug-of-War (An Ndebele story)
Facts about Hares.
Why the Dassie has no Tail (A Xhosa fable)
Facts about Dassies
The Foolishness of the Ostrich (A Bushman legend)
Why Ostrich has a Long Neck (A Sesotho story)..
The Ostrich and her Chicks (A tale from the Masai)
Facts about Ostriches.
The Living Stones (A Swazi legend)
Facts about Tortoises.