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The Thief-Folktale

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Gwalidi grew tired of school and his mother's aspirations for him to become a doctor. He rebelled, turning from a good boy into a bad son. He started stealing from poor villagers - goats, chickens, pigs, and even cows to earn more money. Despite his mother's pleas to abandon this behavior and consider his future, Gwalidi's mind was clouded, like a burning charcoal from Mozambique. His wicked actions made him notorious in the village. In the same village, there lived a woman named Tsapa, who possessed mysterious powers. She owned numerous cows and animals on her farm, but they began disappearing. Wondering who was behind these thefts, Tsapa sought the help of her traditional healer and magician to protect her animals with magical spells. Luckily, she acquired a special charm that would safeguard her possessions and wasted no time in casting the spell upon it. Surprisingly, Gwalidi's behavior started to change after encountering Tsapa's enchanted charm. One night, as

ADULT FOLKTALE- MARY AND JOHN

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                                                              MARY AND JOHN Once upon a time when marriages between relatives were allowed, there lived two siblings who loved each other so much; John and Mary. The two did everything together and were hardly apart . One day, they went to the river to bath. Mary told John to take off his clothes and bath. John was shy and so he also told his sister that he would only do so if she took off her clothes too. They agreed to take off their clothes at the same time and they did. Meanwhile, when John saw the beads around Mary ’ s waist , he asked her to marry him but she refused. However, John insisted on asking her to marry him . When they got back home, John told their parents that he wanted to build a house for himself and they allowed him. He built his house far from his parents’ house and he never returned home ever since. This got his parents worried. One afternoon, the mother cooked Nsima/Pap with beef and went to John's