Enlight Leopard and jackal The leopard was returning from hunting and saw a ram near the kraal. The leopard had never seen such an animal before. He got scared and, approaching the ram, timidly asked: - Hello, buddy! What's you... African Fairy Tales Fairy Tales
Enlight Ungrateful Leopard A man was walking along the road with an empty bag over his shoulders. Suddenly he saw a wounded leopard in the thickets. Leonard asked the man: - Please hide me in your bag. “And you promise that you... African Fairy Tales Fairy Tales
Enlight Tyr and One-Legged A long time ago, they say, a One-Legged Man settled not far from the house of Tyr the Spider. But between his house and Tyr's house there were impenetrable thickets. The one-legged man didn't want peo... African Fairy Tales Fairy Tales
Enlight The Wolf Who Had No Heart The lion, the king of beasts, fell ill. I am sick for a day, two, three. Animals began to visit him, coming one after another and wishing him a speedy recovery. An elephant, a tiger, a fox, a monkey, ... African Fairy Tales Fairy Tales
Enlight Where does the hare get his hat from? Now the hare wears a dark fur cap on his head. And before he had a white cap. His father, an old hare, sewed it for the hare. But the hare didn’t have to flaunt it for long. A jackal saw him and took ... African Fairy Tales Fairy Tales
Enlight Why are white people called wazungu? In ancient times, when Europeans had just begun to appear in Africa, the local residents did not like them and left the cities where the newcomers settled. There lived an old man in Zanzibar at that t... African Fairy Tales Fairy Tales
Enlight Why does a parrot have a crooked beak? One day a parrot and a cowrie shell got together to build a house for themselves and argued about whose house would be better. The cowrie built her home entirely from cowries, and the parrot from feat... African Fairy Tales Fairy Tales
Enlight About the Nangumbi partridge and the Ulu leopard Do you know the story about the beautiful partridge named Nangumbi? She had five bosom girlfriends. One was called Nankimpeli, the other was Nawoki, the third was Nambendi, the fourth was Nantutu, and... African Fairy Tales Fairy Tales
Enlight Magic mare Once upon a time there lived a king, and he had one son, Muhammad. And the wife of that king died early. Before her death, she called her son to her and said: “I’m dying and, together with my parent’s... African Fairy Tales Fairy Tales
Enlight Dhlubu and the frog One day a chief married the daughter of another chief; he loved her very much; his wives were worried because of his love for her. She got pregnant and gave birth child-girl; her father loved her very... African Fairy Tales Fairy Tales
Enlight Two brothers One day, a man's children went hunting; there was a difference in years between them. They found old pots, many in a long row. The older one was scared of the pot, the younger one turned it over. He t... African Fairy Tales Fairy Tales
Enlight Jackal and Boar A few days later, the Jackal went to the Boar. “All your brothers,” he told him, “walk free, chew acorns, dig the ground with their fangs, extracting mealy tubers, and when they have eaten to their fi... African Fairy Tales Fairy Tales
