The flying tortoise
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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.
LegendsTurtlesTalesIgbo (African people)FolkloreJuvenile literatureTurtles, fictionChildren's fictionFolklore, juvenile literatureFolklore, nigeriaJuvenile folklore