Elephant

Role: animal · First appears: Tale 29 · Quarcoo Bah-Boni

In Tale 29 · Quarcoo Bah-Boni, Elephant and the other animals agreed to let Quarcoo Bah-boni stay as their servant. Early the following morning, they planned to leave him at the house and prepared a basket of food; at dawn, Quarcoo hid inside it and was carried away with them. When he appeared, Elephant and the other animals fled in different directions.

Relationship record

Life events

• The animals agreed to let Quarcoo stay as their servant.(Tale 29 · Quarcoo Bah-Boni)
  • With: Quarcoo Bah-boni Goat Wolf (Tale 29) Tiger (Tale 29) Lion (Tale 29)
  • “The animals, after a little discussion, agreed to this, thinking that he would be able to help them in many ways.”
• The animals decided to leave Quarcoo behind and prepared a basket of food.(Tale 29 · Quarcoo Bah-Boni)
  • With: Quarcoo Bah-boni Goat Wolf (Tale 29) Tiger (Tale 29) Lion (Tale 29)
  • “They made up their minds that, early the following morning, they would start off together and leave the boy in possession of the house. They prepared a big basket of food and set it ready.”
• Quarcoo hid inside the basket and was carried away with the animals.(Tale 29 · Quarcoo Bah-Boni)
  • With: Quarcoo Bah-boni Goat Wolf (Tale 29) Tiger (Tale 29) Lion (Tale 29)
  • “He quietly got himself a large leaf, rolled it round him (for he was very tiny) and laid himself down in the basket of food.”
• The animals fled in different directions after Quarcoo appeared before them.(Tale 29 · Quarcoo Bah-Boni)
  • With: Quarcoo Bah-boni Goat Wolf (Tale 29) Tiger (Tale 29) Lion (Tale 29)
  • “They were so alarmed at his appearance they scattered in all directions.”

Tale 29 · Quarcoo Bah-Boni

• servant: Quarcoo Bah-boni “After many polite speeches, he begged their permission to stay and be their servant, as he was motherless. The animals, after a little discussion, agreed to this, thinking that he would be able to help them in many ways.”
• enemies with Quarcoo Bah-boni “Each day another animal took his turn at the farm, and each day he returned in the same condition as his friends had done.”

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Extracted from the original text of West African Folk-Tales. Made with Rho MD.