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How Giraffe Got Such A Long Neck...and Why Rhino is So Grumpy

Versions of this story are told in many parts of East Africa. Similar tales are told by the Kikuyu and Masai tribes in Kenya and by tribes in Southern Africa.

During a terrible drought in which there is nothing to eat, Man prepares a magic herb that results in Giraffe's long neck so he can reach the high leaves on the trees and a grumpy Rhino, who arrives too late for the magic.

  • Format
  • paperback
  • Pages
  • 32
  • Language
  • english
  • ISBN
  • 9780440832690
  • Genres
  • folklore, animals, africa
  • Release date
  • 1996