Mufaro's Beautiful Daughters. A snake is well treated by a young African woman who knows he is good for her garden. He turns out to be a handsome prince. Tops and bottoms, adapted and illus. Harcourt Brace, c1995.
Rabbit tricks Bear out of the harvest.
A tale from South Africa, illus. Farrar, Straus, 1996. A farmer sells the cow he is tired of milking, but he gets tired of each thing he buys until he brings home sunflower seeds, plants them, and finds his true vocation. Toad can t wait for his garden to come up. A farmer ruins his crop by impatience.