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Fairy Tales from Brazil
by Elsie Spicer EELLS (1880 - 1963)12 - Why the Bananas Belong to the Monkey
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)
Listen next episodes of Fairy Tales from Brazil:
13 - How the Monkey Escaped Being Eaten , 14 - Why the Monkey Still Has a Tail , 15 - How Black Became White , 16 - How the Pigeon Became a Tame Bird , 17 - Why the Sea Moans , 18 - How the Brazilian Beetles Got Their Gorgeous Coats