Brings an African folk tale to a new audience: Dan Auta is an oral tale that has received little awareness in North America and Europe.  Dan Auta is a story belonging to the Hausa people, who live in what is today northwestern Nigeria and southern Niger.  Supplementary material provides cultural context: Two afterwords explain the folk tale?s significance.  Fun and hilarious: In a light-hearted way, recognizes a child?s impulse to behave badly and make mischief and shows how