The palm-wine drinkard and his dead palm-wine tapster in the Dead's Town

Abeokuta alive AMOS TUTUOLA asked began black-smith body brought bush animals cleared commanded the egg complete gentleman compound leaf cowrie curious creature cutlass dancing debit-collector debitor died domestic animals Drum entered Faithful-Mother farm Father of gods fear field fire friends gave half-bodied baby head heard Heaven hole human-beings hungry-creature husband inside the bush Invisible-Pawn juju kegs of palm-wine killed king knew labourers lady lady saw laughing leave living loads looking miles morning mountain-creatures neck night o'clock a.m. once palm palm-tree palm-wine drinkard palm-wine tapster reached a town red creatures red fish red trees Red-king Red-people Red-town replied rest returned river road senior wife Skull sleep slept started our journey stood stopped talk tap palm-wine tell termites terrible creatures thought three fellows told took travelled wanted white creatures white tree whole wine tapster Wizard woke wooden-doll Wraith-Island yams