WHEN LIONS COULD FLY AND OTHER TALES FROM AFRICA
WHEN LIONS COULD FLY AND OTHER TALES FROM AFRICA Told by Nick Greaves, Illustrated by Rod Clement Published by National Book Trust, New Delhi, India, 1993. Cost of the Book – Rs. 70.00 (All credits go to the publisher) Stories 1. Serval and Tortoise – Serval invites Tortoise to dinner, but makes fun of it. In turn tortoise invites Serval. To go to Tortoise home, Serval has to cross a river and a burnt land. Tortoise refuse to give food to the dirty Serval. 2. How Serval Got his spots – Serval and Lion looked alike. Puff Adder(snake) was seriously ill. No one helped him. Serval helped him. In turn the snake bite Serval to get the spots as Serval wished for. 3. Lion and Carcal – Lion and Carcal were cousin. Once Lion hunted a big buffalo and asked Carcal to guard it and went to the river beside but it fell into the deep steep. Carcal faked to help Lion by throwing a rope and ate t...