- The Nkeni says that the hunter should indicate which animal he wishes to hunt, for he has a heart ailment, and does not wish to be involved unnecessarily in a race for life.
- The bush rabbit says that anybody who has a palm fruit should please give him; for he has not developed the art of climbing (trees).
- The wild squirrel decries the shame that after traversing woods, large and small, his head still winds up in the soup pot of a woman.
- The shrew says that he simply peeped at the medicine horn in his grandfather's room and his lips grew so long; what might have happened had he actually blown the horn?
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