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Fairy Tales from Brazil

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This book, subtitled "How and Why Tales from Brazilian Folk-Lore", is a collection of short stories, most of them etiologial myths from Brazilian Indian Folklore. (Summary by Leni) (2 hr 14 min)

Chapters

00 - Preface

2:31

Read by Leni

01 - How the Night Came

7:43

Read by Leni

02 - How the Rabbit Lost His Tail

5:12

Read by Leni

03 - How the Toad Got His Bruises

5:35

Read by Leni

04 - How the Tiger Got His Stripes

10:34

Read by Leni

05 - Why the Lamb Is Meek

8:13

Read by Eric

06 - Why the Tiger and the Stag Fear Each Other

7:41

Read by Karen

07 - How the Speckled Hen Got Her Speckles

9:39

Read by Karen

08 - How the Monkey Became a Trickster

3:38

Read by Diana Majlinger

09 - How the Monkey and the Goat Earned Their Reputations

6:34

Read by Elizabeth Barr

10 - How the Monkey Got a Drink When He Was Thirsty

5:07

Read by Patrick Wells

11 - How the Monkey Got Food When He Was Hungry

3:34

Read by Patrick Wells

12 - Why the Bananas Belong to the Monkey

6:50

Read by Danarra

13 - How the Monkey Escaped Being Eaten

6:24

Read by Danarra

14 - Why the Monkey Still Has a Tail

5:28

Read by Karen

15 - How Black Became White

6:33

Read by Karen

16 - How the Pigeon Became a Tame Bird

8:11

Read by Karen

17 - Why the Sea Moans

16:47

Read by Eric

18 - How the Brazilian Beetles Got Their Gorgeous Coats

8:17

Read by David Stryker

Bewertungen

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Well done anonymous cast of LibriVox voice! That was delightful.