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Parchment-style illustration of Bouki at a crossroads with a talking fish, Haitian folktale.

Ti Malice and the Talking Fish

In the long oral tradition of Haiti, few figures are as familiar as Bouki and Ti Malice. Bouki was strong, hardworking, and slow to question what he was told. Ti Malice, by contrast, was small, sharp-minded, and endlessly clever, always searching for advantage. Their stories were told at night, passed from mouth to mouth, warning listeners of the dangers of

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