fed the lead, and shoots bullets at the great star, killing him. The horse instructs the boy to take the great star's organs and throw at different cardinal points: his head becomes the morning star, the heart the evening star, and his instestines the seven stars. The boy rides a bit more and finds a Black man near the river. The horse suggests they kill the man and skin him. The animal kicks the Black man in the head and kills him, the boy takes his skin and wears it, then ties a rock to the body and throws it in the river. The boy, in the Black man's disguise, reaches a city and the horse advises him to ask the king for a job in the royal gardens pruning the trees. It happens so. During his stay at the castle, the king orders his four daughters, the princesses, to take some food for the gardener, but they all fear him save the youngest, Angelina. One day, the youngest princess takes a tray of food to him and spies on him washing the Black man's skin in a ditch. The boy wears the skin again over his white skin and goes to talk to the princess. Later, the horse advises the boy to go to the king for one of his daughters in marriage, and, if the king refuses, he should let the princesses choose for themselves. The boy, in the Black skin's disguise, follows the animal's advice; the monarch summons his four daughters: the elder three deny marrying the gardener, but Angelina chooses him and moves out to his orchard. Later, war breaks out with the Navaho, and the king sends his gardener son-in-law to join in the fight. The boy takes off his disguise, rides the horse to kill the enemy Navahos and take their scalps as prizes, then goes back to the orchard to hang the scalps. After three confrontations, the horse decides to end their charade, since the lead supply they brought from the great star is shortening. After a final combat where they kill the Navaho, the boy and the horse present themselves to the king, his father-in-law, who welcomes him as his successor. Africa East Africa In a tale from the Swahili titled The Wonderful Warrior, Abdallah, the Vizir's son, becomes the sultan's son's playmate, until the latter gets bored with him. Abdallah is