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Collective amnesia on folktales (Jul 15, 2008 22:28)
There's an African folktale that tells the tale of how all the stories in the world were lost, and t..

Stories from Alawiye (Jun 12, 2008 22:32)
Phetolo wrote to ask "May u pls send me the origin of the story about how the chimpanzees bottom got..

Alu Jon Jonki Jon (Apr 30, 2008 02:44)
One of the earliest stories I posted is the story about how Dog hid his mother in the sky during a f..

Not quite slow and steady (Apr 23, 2008 01:07)
The Aesop story of the Tortoise and the Hare is a very popular one and it teaches us that "Slow and ..

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