Dates
- Cover date
- January 1963
- On sale
- October 25, 1962
- Pages
- 36
Editions and covers
- Original editionSource ↗
Creators
Stories
- Peoples of Africa, Number 1: The Arabs · 1 pages
Article with black and white illustrations about the Arabs.
- Between Life and Death · 14 pages
When their plane makes an emergency landing for fuel line repairs on a caravan road in northern Nigeria, the Martins become the captives of hostile nomadic Muslims who believe the family and their plane have brought sickness upon their Emir. Should the Emir die, the Martins will be murdered. Paul thinks the Emir has contracted blackwater fever, a complication of malaria, and sends Lassie racing through dangerous desert territory to retrieve a medicine kit from the plane. When the Emir is treated and recovers, the Martins are freed.
- The Raiders · 4 pages
Po Yin and Kyan Zit happen upon a gang of bandits in the forest who plot to employ the two wanderers in a raid on a nearby village. Po Yin however alerts the villagers to the impending raid and the bandits are routed. Bo Gyi vows to avenge himself upon Po Yin.
- The Mighty Hunter · 1 pages
Simba the dog is the butt of village jokes because of his diminutiveness but he proves himself a mighty hunter when he finds food and water for the villagers.
- The Milk of Human Kindness · 13 pages
In the village of Gelwa, Ruth publicly embarrasses a witch doctor on the docks when she urges him to use sanitary methods selling and dispensing his goat milk. In retaliation for his humiliation, the witch doctor sabotages a rickety bridge the Martins must cross as they return to the village from a gift-buying trip to Unshi. The bridge holds until the Martins cross, but the witch doctor stumbles between a hippopotamus and a crocodile in his confusion and only escapes the danger with Lassie's help. Ruth presents the witch doctor with a new aluminum pail, ladle, paper cups, and stool.
- Peoples of Africa, Number 3: The Pygmies · 1 pages
Article about the Pygmies with five black and white illustrations.