Title: The flying tortoise
Description: Mbeku, the greedy tortoise, gets himself invited to the banquet in Skyland, but is trapped with no way to get back to Earth in this Igbo tale of why the tortoise has a checkered shell.
Subjects: Legends, Turtles, Tales, Igbo (African people), Folklore, Juvenile literature, Turtles, fiction, Children's fiction, Folklore, juvenile literature, Folklore, nigeria, Juvenile folklore
Places: Nigeria