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Elphinstone Dayrell (colonial-era English retelling) · 尼日利亚南部民间传统（1910年英文采录本）
Effiong Edem was a native of Cobham Town. He had a very fine daughter, whose name was Afiong. All the young men in the…
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Elphinstone Dayrell (colonial-era English retelling) · 尼日利亚南部民间传统（1910年英文采录本）
Many years ago there was a Calabar hunter called Effiong, who lived in the bush, killed plenty of animals, and made mu…
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Elphinstone Dayrell (colonial-era English retelling) · 尼日利亚南部民间传统（1910年英文采录本）
Chief Oborri lived at a town called Adiagor, which is on the right bank of the Calabar River. He was a wealthy chief, …
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Elphinstone Dayrell (colonial-era English retelling) · 尼日利亚南部民间传统（1910年英文采录本）
Mbotu was a very famous king of Old Town, Calabar. He was frequently at war, and was always successful, as he was a mo…
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Elphinstone Dayrell (colonial-era English retelling) · 尼日利亚南部民间传统（1910年英文采录本）
There was once an old woman who was very poor, and lived in a small mud hut thatched with mats made from the leaves of…
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Elphinstone Dayrell (colonial-era English retelling) · 尼日利亚南部民间传统（1910年英文采录本）
There was once a woman named Affiong Any who lived at 'Nsidung, a small town to the south of Calabar. She was married …
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Elphinstone Dayrell (colonial-era English retelling) · 尼日利亚南部民间传统（1910年英文采录本）
King Effiom of Duke Town, Calabar, was very fond of pretty maidens, and whenever he heard of a girl who was unusually …
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Elphinstone Dayrell (colonial-era English retelling) · 尼日利亚南部民间传统（1910年英文采录本）
A man called Akpan, who was a native of Oku, a town in the Ibibio country, admired a girl called Emme very much, who l…
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Elphinstone Dayrell (colonial-era English retelling) · 尼日利亚南部民间传统（1910年英文采录本）
There was once an old mother sheep who had seven lambs, and one day the bat, who was about to make a visit to his fath…
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Elphinstone Dayrell (colonial-era English retelling) · 尼日利亚南部民间传统（1910年英文采录本）
Ituen was a young man of Calabar. He was the only child of his parents, and they were extremely fond of him, as he was…
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Elphinstone Dayrell (colonial-era English retelling) · 尼日利亚南部民间传统（1910年英文采录本）
Many years ago the sun and water were great friends, and both lived on the earth together. The sun very often used to …
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Elphinstone Dayrell (colonial-era English retelling) · 尼日利亚南部民间传统（1910年英文采录本）
Many years ago, when King Eyo was ruler of Calabar, the fish used to live on the land; he was a great friend of the le…
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Elphinstone Dayrell (colonial-era English retelling) · 尼日利亚南部民间传统（1910年英文采录本）
In the olden days when Effiong was king of Calabar, it was customary at that time for rulers to give big feasts, to wh…
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Elphinstone Dayrell (colonial-era English retelling) · 尼日利亚南部民间传统（1910年英文采录本）
When 'Ndarake was King of Idu, being young and rich, he was very fond of fine girls, and had plenty of slaves. The 'Ns…
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Elphinstone Dayrell (colonial-era English retelling) · 尼日利亚南部民间传统（1910年英文采录本）
There was once a very fat woman who was made of oil. She was very beautiful, and many young men applied to the parents…
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Elphinstone Dayrell (colonial-era English retelling) · 尼日利亚南部民间传统（1910年英文采录本）
A bush rat called Oyot was a great friend of Emiong, the bat; they always fed together, but the bat was jealous of the…
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Elphinstone Dayrell (colonial-era English retelling) · 尼日利亚南部民间传统（1910年英文采录本）
Udo Ubok Udom was a famous king who lived at Itam, which is an inland town, and does not possess a river. The king and…
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Elphinstone Dayrell (colonial-era English retelling) · 尼日利亚南部民间传统（1910年英文采录本）
At the time of the great famine all the animals were very thin and weak from want of food; but there was one exception…
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Elphinstone Dayrell (colonial-era English retelling) · 尼日利亚南部民间传统（1910年英文采录本）
In the olden days the thunder and lightning lived on the earth amongst all the other people, but the king made them li…
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Elphinstone Dayrell (colonial-era English retelling) · 尼日利亚南部民间传统（1910年英文采录本）
Efriam Duke was an ancient king of Calabar. He was a peaceful man, and did not like war. He had a wonderful drum, the …
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Elphinstone Dayrell (colonial-era English retelling) · 尼日利亚南部民间传统（1910年英文采录本）
A long time ago, in the days of King Adam of Calabar, the king wanted to know if there was any animal or bird which wa…
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Elphinstone Dayrell (colonial-era English retelling) · 尼日利亚南部民间传统（1910年英文采录本）
Many years ago the hippopotamus, whose name was Isantim, was one of the biggest kings on the land; he was second only …
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Elphinstone Dayrell (colonial-era English retelling) · 尼日利亚南部民间传统（1910年英文采录本）
The elephant and the hippopotamus always used to feed together, and were good friends.
One day when they were both din…
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Elphinstone Dayrell (colonial-era English retelling) · 尼日利亚南部民间传统（1910年英文采录本）
Ekpo and Etim were half-brothers, that is to say they had the same mother, but different fathers. Their mother first o…
Project Gutenberg · Folk Stories from Southern Nigeria, West Africa · Elphinstone Dayrell