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SISTER HEN AND THE CROCODILE 145
(_Congo Negro_)
THE THRUSH AND THE CUCKOO 153
(_Roumanian, German_)
THE OWL AND THE MOON 157
(_Malay_)
THE TUFTED CAP 164
(_Ainu, Japanese Islands_)
THE GOOD HUNTER 168
(_Iroquois_)
THE COURTSHIP OF MR. STORK AND MISS
HERON 176
(_Russian_)
THE PHOENIX 184
(_Egyptian_)
Seven of these tales appeared originally in _The Churchman_ and two in
_The Congregationalist_. They are reprinted by the courteous permission
of the publishers of those magazines.
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
PAGE
MR. STORK AND MISS HERON (page 178)
Frontispiece
"NEXT YOU MUST LAY A FEATHER" 10
SUCH A GORGEOUS COAT! 16
"BLESS ME!" HE EXCLAIMED, "WHOM HAVE
WE HERE?" 64
HERE ARE SOME NICE FAT WIGGLY WORMS 106
HE MANAGED TO FLUTTER OUT OF REACH 126
"O BROTHER, DON'T!" 148
PUTRI BALAN BEGAN TO LAUGH 160
The Curious Book of Birds
"Not you alone, proud truths of the world,
Not you alone, ye facts of modern science,
But myths and fables of eld, Asia's, Africa's fables."
_Whitman._
The Curious Book of Birds
THE DISOBEDIENT WOODPECKER
Long, long ago, at the beginning of things, they say that the Lord made
the world smooth and round like an apple. There were no hills nor
mountains: nor were there any hollows or valleys to hold the seas and
rivers, fountains and pools, which the world of men would need. It must,
indeed, have been a stupid and ugly earth in those days, with no chance
for swimming or sailing, rowing or fishing. But as yet there was no one
to think anything about it, no one who would long to swim, sail, row,
and fish. For this was long before men were created.
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