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Rcollman: add to story category

Rcollman — Mon, 05 Nov 2007 15:54:40 GMT

add to story category

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	*[[Why elephants respect the mouse]]. Technically this was not a Nigerian story but one of 2 or 3 stories we learned in Pidgen English as part of training. This was a great story to offer in trade for an authentic one, when there were kids around. --[[User:Rcollman\|Rcollman]] 10:47, 5 November 2007 (EST)		*[[Why elephants respect the mouse]]. Technically this was not a Nigerian story but one of 2 or 3 stories we learned in Pidgen English as part of training. This was a great story to offer in trade for an authentic one, when there were kids around. --[[User:Rcollman\|Rcollman]] 10:47, 5 November 2007 (EST)
	* I remember that there was another one we learned about the [[tortoise and the leopard]] that I also used to trade. --[[User:Rcollman\|Rcollman]] 10:54, 5 November 2007 (EST)		* I remember that there was another one we learned about the [[tortoise and the leopard]] that I also used to trade. --[[User:Rcollman\|Rcollman]] 10:54, 5 November 2007 (EST)
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Rcollman at 15:54, 5 November 2007

Rcollman — Mon, 05 Nov 2007 15:54:06 GMT

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	*[[Why there are old people in the world]]. An old clan chief who remembered when the British first came to his village told me this story. I used it several times in community meetings, when advocates for change were pushing too hard. --[[User:Rcollman\|Rcollman]] 10:47, 5 November 2007 (EST)		*[[Why there are old people in the world]]. An old clan chief who remembered when the British first came to his village told me this story. I used it several times in community meetings, when advocates for change were pushing too hard. --[[User:Rcollman\|Rcollman]] 10:47, 5 November 2007 (EST)
-	*[[Why elephants respect the mouse]]. Technically this was not a Nigerian story but one we learned in Pidgen English as part of training. ~~Another one the stories I would~~ trade for an authentic one. --[[User:Rcollman\|Rcollman]] 10:47, 5 November 2007 (EST)	+	*[[Why elephants respect the mouse]]. Technically this was not a Nigerian story but one of 2 or 3 stories we learned in Pidgen English as part of training. This was a great story to offer in trade for an authentic one, when there were kids around. --[[User:Rcollman\|Rcollman]] 10:47, 5 November 2007 (EST)
-	*	+	* I remember that there was another one we learned about the [[tortoise and the leopard]] that I also used to trade. --[[User:Rcollman\|Rcollman]] 10:54, 5 November 2007 (EST)

Rcollman: Start off this page,

Rcollman — Mon, 05 Nov 2007 15:47:58 GMT

Start off this page,

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Some of us collected stories told to us by our Nigerian hosts. "I used to trade stories with villages. At a later time I might use the story to make a point that the translator could not twist."--[[User:Rcollman|Rcollman]] 10:47, 5 November 2007 (EST)

*[[Why there are old people in the world]]. An old clan chief who remembered when the British first came to his village told me this story. I used it several times in community meetings, when advocates for change were pushing too hard. --[[User:Rcollman|Rcollman]] 10:47, 5 November 2007 (EST)
*[[Why elephants respect the mouse]]. Technically this was not a Nigerian story but one we learned in Pidgen English as part of training. Another one the stories I would trade for an authentic one. --[[User:Rcollman|Rcollman]] 10:47, 5 November 2007 (EST)
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