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  Why the Flies Bother the Cows 66 XVIII.   Why the Cat kills Rats 68 XIX.   The Story of the Lightning and the Thunder 70 XX.   Why the Bush Cow and the Elephant are bad Friends 72 XXI.   The Cock who caused a Fight between two Towns 76 XXII.   The Affair of the Hippopotamus and the Tortoise; or, Why the Hippopotamus lives in the Water 79 XXIII.   Why Dead People are Buried 81 XXIV.   Of the Fat Woman who Melted Away 83 XXV.   Concerning the Leopard, the Squirrel, and the Tortoise 86 XXVI.   Why the Moon Waxes and Wanes 91 XXVII.   The Story of the Leopard, the Tortoise, and the Bush Rat 93 XXVIII.   The King and the Ju Ju Tree 98 XXIX.   How the Tortoise overcame the Elephant and the Hippopotamus 104 XXX.   Of the Pretty Girl and the Seven Jealous Women 107 XXXI.   How the Cannibals drove the People from Insofan Mountain to the Cross River (Ikom) 115 XXXII.   The Lucky Fisherman 119 XXXIII.   The Orphan Boy and the Magic Stone 121 XXXIV.   The Slave Girl who tried to Kill her Mistress 126 XXXV.   The King and the 'Nsiat Bird 133 XXXVI.