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They say the people could fly. Say that long ago in Africa, some of the people knew magic. And they would walk up on the air like climbin up on a gate. And they flew like blackbirds over the fields. Black, shiny wings flappin against the blue up there.

Which element of a folktale appears in this excerpt?

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Answer: It is a trickster folktale

Step-by-step explanation:

A folktale is an oral story that passes on from one generation to another generation through oral narration

A trickster is an element of the folktale in which there are characters that possess secret knowledge, myths, and magic

In the given excerpt, there is a talk about magic and impossible things, so it is a trickster folktale

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