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The Rhinoceros and the Turtle: A Bemba Folktale from Zambia

A family of rhinoceroses once sat together after a meal, speaking of life on earth and in heaven. Some praised heaven as a place of eternal joy, while others preferred the earth. Their talk eventually turned to the turtle. “Poor creature!” said one, “It cannot even run fast when danger comes.” “Yet it is a fine little being,” the mother
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