Reading Diary: Congo continued

The Antelope and the Leopard 
The leopard bet he could hid from the antelope but he was easily found, then the antelope bet his life that he could hid from the leopard. The leopard looked and looked for him but only found a small dog who changed into a maiden. The leopard wanted to marry the maiden but she made the leopard declaw himself, chop off his ears and paw until he had killed himself. This maiden turned into the antelope and won the bet.
How The Spider Won and Lost Nzambi's Daughter 
Nzambi wanted to marry off her daughter and the spider said that he would marry her. The spider and other creatures went to the heavens to get fire from Nzambi Mpungu. When they returned the other creatures said they deserve marriage too because they helped.
The Turtle and The Man 
The man and turtle mad a large trap and then split it so they each had thier own trap. The turtle caught an antelope and an ox helped get it out and prepare it to eat, but when he asked for his share he didn't give it to him so the ox went to destroy his trap. He fell in and died. A leopard came to help to the turtle and when the turtle tried to trick him the leopard kill him and took all his meat.
The Gazelle and The Leopard 
The gazelle and leopard had a plantation together, but the leopard was the only one who put in work. The gazelle went to eat the crops with all his friends and the leopard was very angry when he found this out. The gazelle and his friends killed the leopard.
The Fetish Sunga 
Basa was a skilled fisherman, but he would lie to his family about how much fish he caught and he would smuggle it into his house. Sunga saw him do this and invited him to a feast. She took away his ability to lie.
The Rabbit and The Antelope 
The rabbit and antelope worked together, but the rabbit would leave the antelope to do all the work and eat their food. the antelope found out and told him he couldn't drink from his well anymore and the rabbit said okay. But the rabbit continued to drink from the well and the antelope set a trap and killed him.

Bunny Rabbit Eating 

The Fight Between The Two Fetishes
Lifuma went to the beach to gather shells and such to place around his sea-beach to show ownership. He tripped over an ant-hill and dropped his shells. He declared there should be no more ant-hills in his town.
The Fetish of Chilunga
There was a fetish who had the voice of a man and bird and was invisible. He would tie up the hands of the people who laughed at him or made him angry. One white man didn't believe in the spirit and was to keep watch of the presents and when he wasn't looking the invisible fetish took the presents and the white man believed.
The Leopard and The Crocodile 
A man cut up pine nut for a leopard and the leopard said that if he cut up pine nuts for only him the he would give him a lot of meat, but the man also made this deal with the crocodile. They both gave the man meat and then both requested to eating a dog, an animal they have never seen or eaten before, but the man didn't want to give up his dogs. He told them to meet in a certain location where he would leave the dog for them to eat but when they came it was just the croc and leopard who fought and killed each other thinking the other one was a dog.
Why The Crocodile Doesn't Eat The Hen
A crocodile wanted to eat a hen, but when he was about to eat it they hen would call him brother. The croc was upset by this and went out for expert advise. His friend said that the hen the turtle the duck and the crocodile all lay eggs so they are brothers in a way.
The Three Brothers
Three boys were abandoned by their mother when they were just babies. These brothers set out on their own and found food and became carpenters. They found their father and he went to tell the mother that he found her children. The boys found this women looking for them and they were about to kill her, but didn't when they found out she was their mother.

Week 6: Reading Diary: Congo

How The Wives Restored Their Husbands to Life 
A man Nenpetro had three wives who were always hungry so he went out to kill an ox. He killed one, but then was killed by another ox. One of the wived dreamt of her husband dead, the other guided them to the body and the other raised him from the dead. The man said the wife who raised him from the dead is the most prized.
How Gazelle Got Married
Nenpetro had two daughters, Lenga and Lunga. He said he would only marry them off to a man who could guess their names. An antelope came and couldn't, then a man with his dog came and couldn't do it. The dog stayed behind and learned the names of the daughters and got distracted an dead to go back to the palace many times to learn their names. He finally got back to his master and he married the princesses.
The Vanishing Wife
There was once two brothers and one lived a very lavish life style and the other was poor with no wife. He then had a dream about a woman who asked him to fish and cut the heads off the fish before returning. Then his dream came true and he went fishing everyday. He then tested to see if the woman really hated the heads and when she saw a head on the fish she vanished along with the house and servants.
Another Vanishing Wife 
once again there were two brother, but one was treated very well by his mother and the other was not so he ran away into the woods. He pulled leaves off a tree and they turned into a women who would be his wife and then she mad him attractive and gave him clothes and a house. He was told not to tell about the origins of his wife, but he did. And when he did, his wife, servants and house vanished.
The Jealous Wife
Two women had children and husbands and their husbands left to go trade. The elder wife wanted to kill the younger wife's child and waited until it was dark and killed hi,. When she woke up she realized she killed her own son instead and ran away with the body. When her husband found her made her ear casca tree and killed her.
Ngomba's Balloon 
There were 4 sisters who went out to go fishing, but one of the sisters had horrible sores all over her body. She was sent away from the other three and she started fishing on her own when a murderer came up and cured her of her sore. He then married her and brought her to his town. She made a balloon to escape back to her mothers town where he followed her. They out together a dinner and killed the murderer.
The Wicked Husband 
A woman asked her husband to get more palm nuts but he told her to go with her if she wanted more. He took her into the woods and cut off her arms and legs. The prince soon found out and took the body into town and smoked it with the husbands body burning in the fire.
How Kenga Lost Her Child
Two wives of the same husband had two farms. They agreed whatever was grown on their farms in theirs and not for the other. Kenga had a baby on Gunga's farm and Gunga wouldn't give it to Kenga stating that it was born on her land, therefore it is hers. The prince ruled that the child was Gunga's.
The Twin Brothers 
There were once twin brothers who were born fully grown and with powers. One set out to find his wife and did, then went to a town where no one returns. He was killed and his twin brother went out to find him and used his powers to bring him back to life. The once dead brother killed his twin and then went back to the town.

Fetish with a Mirror 

The Younger Brother Who Knew More Than The Elder
The younger brother went away to another town and made an agreement with the leader of the town he moved to. They made a trap and anything caught in it that was a male would be the younger brothers and anything female would be the town leader. Everything that fell into the trap was male until the younger brothers wife fell into the trap. The town leader claimed her as his because she is female.