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Parchment-style illustration of Ndafo the Tiger killing his elderly mother with a knife; Beba folklore from Cameroon.

Tiger Kills His Mother

In the days when friendship could survive the year of the locusts and bonds between creatures seemed unbreakable, Ndafo-the-Tiger and Torokee-the-Tortoise shared a companionship that had weathered many storms. Their friendship had endured through seasons of plenty and scarcity alike, but nothing could have prepared them for the devastating famine that would test the very core of their loyalty to

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