1. By: Alyssia Botkins & Beth Ring
South African
By:
Alyssia Botkins
&
Beth Ring

2. Interesting Facts Continent: Africa Population: 54 million
Capital: Cape Town, Bloemfontein, Pretoria
Table Mountain alone has over 1,500 species of plants, more than the entire United Kingdom.
South Africa is the second largest exporter of fruit in the world.
South Africa is the only country in the world to voluntarily abandon its nuclear weapons program.

3. Folk Tales The Story of the Lightning and the Thunder
Why the Sun and the Moon live in the Sky
Why the Bat flies by Night
The King’s Magic Drum

4. The Story of Lightning and Thunder
The ram’s name is Thunder and the sheep’s name is Lightning. The king wanted to abandon the ram and the sheep because the ram killed people and destroyed the village. The people also complained about the ram destroying everything. Then the mother told her son not to get angry and said that he was naive.

5. Why the Sun and Moon Live in the Sky
The water and sun were best friends. The water couldn’t visit the sun because he doesn’t have enough room in his house for the water. The water told him that he needs to build a compound. The sun and the moon got on the roof because the water flooded their house.

6. Similarities
Both of them gave nature human characteristics.

7. Research Articles African Folk Tales - Background Information
This article talks about the things that are used in South African folktales. They are known for their way of communication and their use of nature.
Folktale
Animals are usually important in there folktales, especially in Africa. There folktales can be spiritually connected with other groups of people or just a person.

8. Bibliography
"African Folk Tales - Background Information." N.p., n.d. Web.
"Folktale." TheFreeDictionary.com. N.p., n.d. Web. 12 Nov

9. Original Folktale The Zebra and the Lion
Characters: Maria the zebra and KITT the lion
Maria the zebra was lonely. She was trying to find a friend. All of a sudden a lion came out! It wanted to eat her. She ran for 2 hours because she wanted to get as far away from the lion as she could. She finally found a place to hide. It was a cave. She fell asleep and when she woke that morning the lion lying beside her. The lion liked her. He woke up and went hunting for food for the Zebra. She ran 3 miles to meet her family. Her family didn’t want her there because there was a lion trying to kill her and her family. The lion named KITT and his brother named Karr tried attacking Maria, but KITT tries to stop him because he doesn’t want anything to happen to her. Maria tried kicking at Karr because he killed her sister. He killed her by biting her neck and causing it to break. After that, Mara and KITT ran off and were chased by hunters. It was getting dark and there was a big storm coming. They found shelter under a tree. Maria is curious about KITT because at first he wanted to kill her, but now he wants to be her friend.