White Ravens’99/Cameroon (French)/78443
Njoya, Idrissou (text/illus.) 
 La ruse
 (The ruse)
 Yaounde: Éd. Akomba Mba, 1996. 24pp
 no ISBN
 Rural life - Wild animals - Deceipt - Trickery
 Wandering around the forest, three boys find the fresh corpse of an antilope. A large, strong young man
 appears suddenly and makes off with the largest part of the game. A trick is then used by the weaker
 three - as is often the case in African tales - to get the better of the stronger one. Without further ado the
 children take their booty back to the village for a festive meal. The illustrations present the story with ease
 and simplicity. The facial features and actions of the children are captured in a minimum of lines. (5+) 

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