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Crocodile's Eggs for Supper
and other Animal Tales from
Northern Uganda
Publisher: Andre Deutsch , London, UK
Binding: HARDcover with spotless dustjacket 124 pages
Condition: New & UNread condition!
Edition: FIRST EDITION: 2nd IMPRESSION stated!! *Very rare in UNread condition!!
NOTE: All of my listings used to contain many HUGE close-up photos embedded within my listing - however in June 2017 action taken by Photobucket, the image hosting website, has removed them all - so far THIS listing still has my photos - fingers crossed. I am happy to email any photos you request via email.
As NEW & UNread - it's a retired display copy. It is Tight - neat, no inscriptions or marks. Appears as in my photos - this is the exact copy!! A nicely preserved copy - superb copy.
Minimal, if any, discernible shelf wear, the interior is tight and spotlessly clean with 124 unmarked pages.
In
original green cloth HARDcover binding, in publisher's glossy pictorial dustcover. 
Hare was always
so hungry that he would play a trick on anyone if it might produce a meal. He
tricked Lion into giving him a dish of beans, he tricked Crocodile so
thoroughly that he got all his eggs for supper, he tricked his wife into
feeding him a delicious plate of white ants, but Cockerel got the better of
him, and tricked Hare into producing a meal Hare couldn't enjoy at all. Hare is
just one of the characters whose adventures delight us in this collection of
animal folk tales. There's another story about four brothers, an ant-bear, a
spider, a fly, and a fire-fly who go up into the sky in search of their stolen
cow. They get him back, and then fall out because they can't decide whose
contribution was most important in retrieving him. Then there's a story about
ten girls collecting wild plums; imagine the horror of one of them when the old
woman who is chasing them suddenly turns into a lion. These are good stories,
full of humour, drama, magic and the wisdom which they derive from their
origins in Acholi tribal society.
John Paige, the illustrator, is a friend of the author and they worked together in Uganda for some years. His line drawings are as rich in drama and humour as the text is.
Hare cuts lion's mane
Crocodile's eggs for supper
Hare and leopard travel together
Hare saves his mother from drowning
How hare tricked his wife
Hare's wife is too clever for lion
Hare and cockerel share a strange meal
Throw a tortoise into the water!
Why leopard and dog are enemies
The king of the birds
Leopard visits his mother-in-law
Four brothers in search of a cow
Lion is no match for a determined little bird
The old woman and her goat
When tortoise was a hunter
The blind woman and the biting fly
Elephant tries to steal chameleon's wife
King chameleon and the young girl
The hunter and king death
The monster and Min Kwet
Ten young girls went out to collect wild plums
Illustrated superbly by John Paige
Marvellous Reading!
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TIGHT, UNOPENED HARDCOVER ....
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