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Animals panic from Fly’s boast, ending with Crocodile’s greedy death, Equatorial Guinea folktale illustration, earthy parchment style.

How Fly’s Boast Spread Panic and Crocodile’s Greed Brought Death: An Equatorial Guinea Folktale

One morning, Adder went to bathe, enjoying the cool water before returning to anoint his body with rich nyimba oil, pressed from bamboo-palm nuts. Gleaming with the sheen of the oil, he slithered out onto the branch of a cayenne-pepper bush, warming himself in the sun. But his peace did not last. Soon, Fly appeared, buzzing about restlessly until he

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