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A2421 How animal got voice
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- How night-swallow got voice · A2421.1 entry
- How woodcock got voice. Traded with turkey. (Cf. A2247) · A2421.2 entry
- Where crow got voice. Traded with thunder-bird. (Cf. A2247) · A2421.3 entry
- How partridge got voice. Borrowed from tortoise. (Cf. A2241) · A2421.4 entry
- How nkundak got voice. (Cf. A2223.2.) · A2421.5 entry
- Why cocks crow · A2421.6 entry
- Voice of peewit · A2421.7 entry
- Why cat purrs. (Cf. A2236.8.) · A2421.8 entry