ˇ¶Just So Storiesˇ· TABLE OF CONTENTS: hIS hUMP hIS SKIN S tS ChILD thE SING-SONG OF OLD MAN KANGAROO thE ARMADILLOS LEttER AS RIttEN AS MADE t PLAYED IthE SEA t t ALKED BY hIMSELF ttERFLY t StAMPED HOW THE WHALE GOT HIS THROAT IN time, O my Best Beloved, te fise tarfise and e, and truly till at last t in all tute Fistle be ear, so as to be out of ood up on ail and said, Im ute Fisute voice, Noble and generous Cetacean, asted Man? No, said t is it like? Nice, said tute Fis nubbly. tcail. One at a time is enougute Fiso latitude Fifty Nortude Forty est (t is magic), you ting _on_ a raft, _in_ t a pair of blue canvas breec _not_ forget t Beloved), and a jack- knife, one s is only fair to tell you, is a man of infinite-resource-and-sagacity. So to latitude Fifty Nortude Forty est, as fast as , _in_ to a pair of blue canvas breec particularly remember t Beloved), _and_ a jack-knife, ary srailing oes in ter. (o paddle, or else , because e- resource-and-sagacity.) till it nearly toucail, and ting on, and _ not forget), _and_ to urned round times on ail. But as soon as te-resource- and-sagacity, found ruly inside tumped and and , and epped and , and t most unten the suspenders?) So o tute Fis shall I do? tell o come out, said tute Fish. So t to t and be the hiccoughs. Nay, nay! said t so, but far otake me to my natal-se-cliffs-of-Albion, and Ill t it. And o dance more than ever. You ter take ute Fiso t to e-resource-and-sagacity. So tail, as last al-se-cliffs-of-Albion, and er, As, Nasations on tc as c of y, aken up t into a little square grating all running criss- cross, and ied it firm to forget t grating good and tigo t, and t stuck! ted t , I o relate-- By means of a grating I opped your ating. For tepped out on t o o trail oes in ter; and er from t day on, ting in , very, very small fis is t men or boys or little girls. tute Fis and or. t be angry h him. took t on t beo tie ting is t_ tale. -holes are dark and green Because of tside; ween) And teo tureen, And trunks begin to slide; he floor in a heap, And Mummy tells you to let her sleep, And you arent waked or washed or dressed, guessed) Youre Fifty Norty est! HOW THE CAMEL GOT HIS HUMP NO t tale, and it tells his big hump. In t beginning to because to icks and tamarisks and milk scruciating idle; and wo humph! and no more. Presently to in and trot like t of us. aold the Man. Presently to ick in c of us. aold the Man. Presently to of us. aold the Man. At toget t cant ime to make up for it. t made t_, and a po; and t_ scruciating idle, and laug t away again. Presently ts, rolling in a cloud of dust (Djinns alravel t is Magic), and opped to palaver and pohree. Djinn of All Deserts, said t rigo be idle, he world so new-and-all? Certainly not, said the Djinn. ell, said t (and done a stroke of rot. ling, ts my Camel, for all t does it? ;; said t fetch and carry. Does hing else? Only quot;;; and ploughe Ox. Very good, said t a minute. t-cloak, and took a bearing across t, and found t scruciatingly idle, looking at ion in a pool of er. My long and bubbling friend, said ts the world so new-and-all? he Camel. t doo t Magic, er. Youve given tra of your scruciating idleness, said t on th his chin in his hand. he Camel. I s say t again if I say it once too often. Bubbles, I you to work. And t no sooner t o a great big lolloping humph. Do you see t? said ts your very oo-day is to work. his humph on my back? ts made a-purpose, said to eating, because you can live on your you ever say I never did anyt of t and go to three, and behave. humph yourself! And t ao join t day to t to caug t learned o behave. thE Camels hump is an ugly lump the Zoo; But uglier yet is t From oo little to do. Kiddies and grooo-oo-oo, If we enougo do-oo-oo, e get the hump-- Cameelious hump-- t is black and blue! e climb out of bed h a frouzly head And a snarly-yarly voice. e s and we growl At our bats and our toys; And t to be a corner for me (And I kno the hump-- Cameelious hump-- t is black and blue! t to sit still, Or fro he fire; But to take a large hoe and a shovel also, And dig till you gently perspire; And t the wind. And too, ed the hump-- the horrible hump-- t is black and blue! I get it as well as you-oo-oo-- If I enougo do-oo-oo-- e all get hump-- Cameelious hump-- Kiddies and grooo! HOW THE RHINOCEROS GOT HIS SKIN ONCE upon a time, on an unined island on t ted in more-tal splendour. And t and ove of t you must particularly never toucook flour and er and currants and plums and sugar and t across and t t ible (ts magic), and it on stove because o cook on tove, and and till it most sentimental. But just as o eat it to togeted Interior one Rted e tig anywly like a Noa of course muchen, and he has no manners now, and he never will have any manners. he said, how! and t t cake and climbed to top of a palm tree , from al splendour. And t tove cake on te it, and ao te and Exclusively Unined Interior ra, and Promontories of tree and put tove on its legs and recited t o relate:-- t takes cakes he Parsee-man bakes Makes dreadful mistakes. And t deal more in t think. Because, five er, t ook off all took off ; but took off over o to bat buttoned underneattons and looked like a erproof. ever about ten it all; and raigo ter and blehe beach. Presently t ran all round imes. times round t to e anyt cake, and never s out ook t skin, and skin, and skin, and skin just as full of old, dry, stale, tickly cake-crumbs and some burned currants as ever it could possibly o top of ree and ed for to come out of ter and put it on. And ttoned it up tons, and it tickled like cake crumbs in bed. ted to scratc t made it ime ickled o tree and rubbed and rubbed and rubbed it. o a great fold over tons used to be (but tons off), and spoiled emper, but it didnt make t difference to tickled. So c day to t folds in emper, all on account of the cake-crumbs inside. But tree, al splendour, packed up ove, and aion of Orotavo, Amygdala, tarivo, and t. ted Island Is off Cape Gardafui, By tra And the Pink Arabian Sea: But its --too from Suez For the likes of you and me Ever to go In a P. and 0. And call on the Cake-Parsee! HOW THE LEOPARD GOT HIS SPOTS IN tarted fair, Best Beloved, t. Member it t, or t, or t, but t, s, s of sandy- yello lived t t sandiest-yelloty-s, and c to one of tone or clump of grass, and o togeteetill t of t kno Beloved. t indeed! After a long time--to avoid anyt looked like a Leopard or an Et by bit--t, because --t a. ttled for days and days and days till to a great forest, sclusively full of trees and busripy, speckly, patccer anotime, anding of it, and rees falling on tcripy, and ttle ree trunk; and so, to look. tiful time in t, outside, eas last t te rats and beetles and rock-rabbits, tummy-acoget Baviaan--te t Animal in All South Africa. Said Leopard to Baviaan (and it was a very day), he game gone? And Baviaan winked. he knew. Said to Baviaan, Can you tell me t at of t meant just t thiopian always used long words. he was a grown-up.) And Baviaan winked. he knew. to ots; and my advice to you, Leopard, is to go into ots as soon as you can. And t is all very fine, but I wiso know wed. t o change as soon as you can. t puzzled t t off to look for tly, after ever so many days, t, all forest full of tree trunks all sclusively speckled and sprottled and spottled, dotted and splascc quickly aloud, and you have been.) is t is so sclusively dark, and yet so full of little pieces of light? I dont kno it ougo be t I cant see Giraffe. ts curious, said t is because of t I cant see Zebra. ait a bit, said ts a long time since en hey were like. Fiddle! said tly on t, especially t seventeen feet o four and a o heel. Umm, said to t. t to shis dark place like ripe bananas in a smokehouse. But t. ted all day; and them. For goodness sake, said t tea-time, let us till it gets dark. t ing is a perfect scandal. So ted till dark, and tarlig fell all stripy t t smelt like Zebra, and it felt like Zebra, and kicked like Zebra, but see it. So , O you person any form. I am going to sit on your ill morning, because t you t I dont understand. Presently and a cras, Ive caug I cant see. It smells like Giraffe, and it kicks like Giraffe, but it any form. Dont you trust it, said t on its ill t any form--any of em. So t doill brigime, and t your end of table, Brother? tc ougo be sclusively a rica it is covered all over nut blotc your end of table, Brother? And tc ougo be sclusively a delicate greyis ougo be Zebra; but it is covered all over ripes. in to yourself, Zebra? Dont you kno if you I could see you ten miles off? You any form. Yes, said t t t. Cant you see? I can no I couldnt all yesterday. done? Let us up, said the Zebra, and we will show you. t t up; and Zebra moved ao some little t fell all stripy, and Giraffe moved off to some tallisrees wchy. Nocs done. One--t? Leopard stared, and Etared, but all tripy sc, but never a sign of Zebra and Giraffe. t walked off and . s a trick ake a lesson by it, Leopard. You stle. surprise you very muco kno you sard-plaster on a sack of coals? ell, calling names catctle of it is t matco take Baviaans advice. old me I ougo co c my skin Im going to c. to? said tremendously excited. to a nice le purple in it, and toucy-blue. It rees. So ed than ever; he had never seen a man change his skin before. But me? little finger into his fine new black skin. You take Baviaans advice too. old you to go into spots. So I did, said t into ots as fast as I could. I into t of good it has done me. O mean spots in Sout spots on your skin. s t? said the Leopard. tripes, ts and stripes give t satisfaction. Umm, said t look like Zebra--not for ever so. ell, make up your mind, said te to go ing you, but I must if you insist on looking like a sun-flo a tarred fence. Ill take spots, t dont make em too vulgar-big. I look like Giraffe--not for ever so. Ill make em ips of my fingers, said ty of black left on my skin still. Stand over! t ogety of black left on ill) and pressed touc five little black marks, all close toget Beloved. Sometimes t a little blurred; but if you look closely at any Leopard no ts--off five fat black finger-tips. Noy! said t on t on tone. You can lie out on a leafy brancing t across tre of a paticular. t and purr! But if Im all t you go spotty too? O for a nigger, said t get even ! So t a Beloved. t is all. Os? I dont t done it once--do you? But t again, Best Beloved. te contented as they are. I AM t ise Baviaan, saying in most ones, Let us melt into t us two by our lones. People Mummy is there.... Yes, I can go if you take me--Nurse says s care. Lets go up to ties and sit on the farmyard rails! Lets say to tcter tails! Lets--os you and me, And going truly exploring, and not being in till tea! s (Ive brougick, And obacco. O of it --quick. THE ELEPHANTS CHILD IN times t, O Best Beloved, runk. , t from side to side; but pick up t. But t--a neiosity, and t means ions. And iable curtiosities. all aunt, tricail-feat so, and all aunt tricall uncle, t made ty, and all uncle, till iable curtiosity! , tamus, amus, spanked asted just so, and ill iable curtiosity! ions about everyt , or smelt, or toucs spanked ill iable curtiosity! One fine morning in tiable Eleps Cion t does tful tone, and tely and directly, stopping, for a long time. By and by, ing in t-a-bit ts and uncles iable curtiosity; and still I to knohe Crocodile has for dinner! to t grey-green, greasy Limpopo River, all set about rees, and find out. t very next morning, o precedent, tiable Eleps Cook a tle s red kind), and a een melons (to all o t grey-green, greasy Limpopo River, all set about rees, to find out politely to stop. t atle not at all astonising melons, and t, because pick it up. from Graoo Kimberley, and from Kimberley to Kry, and from Kry east by norting melons all time, till at last o t grey-green, greasy Limpopo River, all set about rees, precisely as Kolokolo Bird had said. No knoand, O Best Beloved, t till t very iable Eleps C kno iosity. t t hon-Rock-Snake curled round a rock. Scuse me, said ts C politely, but s? ful scorn. ? Scuse me, said ts C could you kindly tell me w he has for dinner? ts Cail. t is odd, said ts C, not to mention my ot, tamus, and my otiable curtiosity--and I suppose thing. So ely to the Bi-Coloured-Pyto coil on, a little not at all astonising melons, and t, because pick it up, till rod on t grey-green, greasy Limpopo River, all set about rees. But it Beloved, and this! Scuse me, said ts C politely, but do you o s? ted ail out of ts Cepped back most politely, because wiso be spanked again. Come tle One, said things? Scuse me, said ts C politely, but my fat to mention my tall aunt, tricall uncle, t, tamus, and my ail, just up ts quite all to you, I dont to be spanked any more. Come tle One, said t crocodile-tears to s e true. ts Ced, and kneeled doell me w you have for dinner? Come tle One, said the Crocodile, and Ill whisper. ts C o tusky mout tle nose, very hough much more useful. I t beto-day I s Child! At t Beloved, ts Cig be! t noely and instantly, pull as is my opinion t your acquaintance in ttern leater (and by t to yonder limpid stream before you can say Jack Robinson. talk. ts C back on tle o stretch. And to ter, making it all creamy sweeps of ail, and he pulled, and pulled, and pulled. And ts C on stretcs Ctle four legs and pulled, and pulled, and pulled, and on stretcail like an oar, and eacs C him hijjus! ts C long, too butch for be! tted cs Craveller, e ourselves to a little ension, because if , it is my impression t yonder self-propelling man-of-ed upper deck (and by t Beloved, tly vitiate your future career. t is talk. So s C ts C; and at last t go of ts C you could he Limpopo. ts C do first o say to t o all up in cool banana leaves, and in t grey-green, greasy Limpopo to cool. are you doing t for? said the Bi-Coloured-Python-Rock-Snake. Scuse me, said ts C my nose is badly out of sing for it to shrink. to a long time, said the Bi-Coloured-Pyt know w is good for them. ts C ting for o s it never gre made . For, O Best Beloved, you and t t out into a really truly trunk same as all Eleps o-day. At tung ed up runk and t fly dead . Vantage number one! said t ry and eat a little now. Before runk and plucked a large bundle of grass, dusted it clean against uffed it into h. Vantage number t you t here? It is, said ts C on made a cool scrickly behind his ears. Vantage number t being spanked again? Scuse me, said ts C I s like it at all. o spank somebody? said the Bi- Coloured-Python-Rock-Snake. I s very mucs Child. ell, said t neo spank people h. ts C; and noo all my dear families and try. So ts C runk. ed fruit to eat doree, instead of ing for it to fall as o do. ed grass ead of going on o do. ree and used it as fly-o runk, and than several brass bands. especially out of o find a broad amus (sion of o make sure t trut runk. t of time o tidy Pachyderm. One dark evening o all runk and said, o see ely said, Come iable curtiosity. Poos C t spanking; but I do, and Ill srunk and knocked two of hers head over heels. O Bananas! said t trick, and w o your nose? I got a ne grey-green, greasy Limpopo River, said ts C o keep. It looks very ugly, said he Baboon. It does, said ts C its very useful, and o a s nest. t bad Eleps Cime, till tly astonis all Ostrics tail-feat all uncle, ted at , tamus, and bleo er after meals; but any one touch Kolokolo Bird. At last ting t off one by one in a o t grey-green, greasy Limpopo River, all set about rees, to borro day, O Best Beloved, all ts you you , runks precisely like trunk of tiable Eleps Child. I Keep six serving-men: (taug and here and hen And how and hy and ho. I send them over land and sea, I send t and ; But after they have worked for me, I give t. I let t from nine till five. For I am busy then, As , luncea, For they are hungry men: But different folk views: I know a person small-- Sen million serving-men, no rest at all! She sends em abroad on her own affairs, From the second she opens her eyes-- One million wo million heres, And seven million hys! THE SING-SONG OF OLD MAN KANGAROO NOt al a Different Animal legs. e: crop in tralia, and to ttle God Nqa. to Nqa at six before breakfast, saying, Make me different from all oternoon. Up jumped Nqa from on t and sed, Go away! e: ralia, and to the Middle God Nquing. to Nquing at eiger breakfast, saying, Make me different from all oternoon. Up jumped Nquing from ed, Go away! e: ralia, and to the Big God Nqong. to Nqong at ten before dinner-time, saying, Make me different from all oter by five ternoon. Up jumped Nqong from -pan and sed, Yes, I will! Nqong called Dingo--Yello gentleman dancing on an as? s to be popular and very truly run after. Dingo, make him SO! Up jumped Dingo--Yello cat-rabbit? Off ran Dingo--Yellole,--ran after Kangaroo. Off ttle legs like a bunny. t part of tale! ; ains; -pans; ill legs ached. o! Still ran Dingo--Yellorap, never getting nearer, never getting farter Kangaroo. o! Still ran Kangaroo--Old Man Kangaroo. i-trees; grass; ropics of Capricorn and Cancer; ill his hind legs ached. o! Still ran Dingo--Yelloing nearer, never getting farto the ollgong River. No any bridge, and t any ferry-boat, and Kangaroo didnt kno over; so ood on his legs and hopped. o! s in tralia. he hopped like a Kangaroo. First ronger; any time for rest or refres, and ed them very much. Still ran Dingo--Yello of it made Old Man Kangaroo hop. For ; like a pea in a saucepan; or a new rubber ball on a nursery floor. o! ucked up legs; uck out ail for a balance-weighe Darling Downs. o! Still ran Dingo--tired-Dog Dingo-- of it op. t-pans, and said, Its five oclock. Do Dingo--Poor Dog Dingo--always ongue and howled. Do Kangaroo--Old Man Kangaroo--stuck out ail like a milking-stool bes finished! tleman, you grateful to Yellohank him for all he has done for you? tired Old Kangaroo-- of t of my regular meal-times; ered my s it back; and ch my legs. taken, but didnt you ask me to make you different from all oto make you very truly souger? And no is five oclock. Yes, said Kangaroo. I you by cations, but tical joke. Joke! said Nqong from again and Ill wle up Dingo and run your hind legs off. No, said t apologise. Legs are legs, and you neednt alter em so far as I am concerned. I only meant to explain to Your Lordliness t Ive o eat since morning, and Im very empty indeed. Yes, said Dingo--Yello in tuation. Ive made from all ot w may I ea? t-pan, Come and ask me about it tomorroo wash. So t in tralia, Old Man Kangaroo and Yello. th-filling song Of t was run by a Boomer, Run in a single burst--only event of its kind-- Started by big God Nqong from arrigaborrigarooma, Old Man Kangaroo first: Yellow-Dog Dingo behind. Kangaroo bounded away, ons-- Bounded from morning till dark, ty-five feet to a bound. Yellow-Dog Dingo lay Like a yelloance-- Mucoo busy to bark. My! but the ground! Nobody knows w, Or follorack t they flew in, For t Continent been given a name. ty degrees, From torres Straits to the Leeuwin (Look at tlas, please), And they came. Sposing you could trot From Adelaide to the Pacific, For an afternoons run tlemen did You , But your legs errific-- Yes, my importunate son, Youd be a Marvellous Kid! THE BEGINNING OF THE ARMADILLOS t Beloved, is anotory of times. In times ickly- Prickly urbid Amazon, eating sortoise, ing green lettuces and t was all rig Beloved. Do you see? But also, and at time, in times, ted Jaguar, and urbid Amazon too; and e everyt c catc frogs and beetles; and cles to old o eat ortoises. So imes, graciously er and tcortoise you must scoop of was all rig Beloved. One beautiful nigurbid Amazon, Painted Jaguar found Stickly-Prickly ortoise sitting under trunk of a fallen tree. t run aickly-Prickly curled o a ball, because ortoise dreo ortoise; and so t was all rig Beloved. Do you see? Notend to me, said Painted Jaguar, because tant. My mot er and t a tortoise I am to scoop of ortoise? because, to save my spots, I cant tell. Are you sure of old you? said Stickly-Prickly e sure? Per oise you must s ter drop he shell. Are you sure of old you? said Sloortoise. Are you quite sure? Per ortoise you must sill he uncoils. I dont t all like t, said Painted Jaguar, but a little puzzled; but, please, say it again more distinctly. er ickly-Prickly. Remember t, because its important. But, said tortoise, into a tortoise you understand? You are making my spots aced Jaguar; and besides, I didnt your advice at all. I only ed to knooise. I s tell you, said Stickly-Prickly. but you can scoop me out of my shell if you like. Aed Jaguar. Noortoise. You t I ! Noed Jaguar darted out as Stickly-Prickly curled filled , ickly-Prickly ao t oo dark to find o tortoise at all. But--and tc tortoise? But I am tortoise, said Sloe rig you o scoop me out of my sh your paw. Begin. You didnt say s a minute ago, said Painted Jaguar, sucking t of e different. ell, suppose you say t I said t se different, I dont see t it makes any difference; because if s you said I said ss just t s you o uncoil me ead of pao drops , can I? But you said you ed to be scooped out of your sed Jaguar. If youll t I didnt say anyt your mot you o scoop me out of my shell, said Slow-and-Solid. cautious. I dont kno of my s I tell you truly, if you to see me s to drop me into ter. I dont believe it, said Painted Jaguar. Youve mixed up all told me to do you asked me ill I dont knoail; and noell me sometand, and it makes me more mixy told me t I o drop one of you to ter, and as you seem so anxious to be dropped I t to be dropped. So jump into turbid Amazon and be quick about it. I your Mummy be pleased. Dont tell tell you, said Slow-Solid. If you say anot finisence before Sloly dived into turbid Amazon, ser for a long on tickly-Prickly ing for him. t ickly-Prickly. I dont rib Painted Jaguar. did you tell you were? I told rut I rutortoise, but believe it, and o to see if I ell en to him! ted Jaguar roaring up and dorees and turbid Amazon, till his Mummy came. Son, son! said imes, graciously waving ail, w you s have done? I tried to scoop somet said it ed to be scooped out of its sed Jaguar. Son, son! said imes, graciously t must o ter. I did t to tortoise, and I didnt believe e true, and urbid Amazon, and come up again, and I anyt all to eat, and I tter find lodgings someurbid Amazon for poor me! Son, son! said imes, graciously tend to me and remember every he hedgehog. I dont like ttle bit, said Stickly-Prickly, under t else she knows? A tortoise cant curl on, ever so many times, graciously oise. I dont like t all--at all, said Sloortoise. Even Painted Jaguar cant forget tions. Its a great pity t you cant sickly-Prickly. Dont talk to me, said Stickly-Prickly. Just tter it en to Painted Jaguar. Painted Jaguar ting on turbid Amazon sucking prickles out of o himself-- Cant curl, but can swim-- Slos him! Curls up, but cant swim-- Stickly-Prickly, ts him! t tickly-Prickly. o try to learn to s may be useful. Excellent! said Sloers of turbid Amazon. Youll make a fine s, said Sloes a little, Ill see o may be useful. Stickly-Prickly o unlace tortoises back-plates, so t by ting and straining Sloually managed to curl up a tiddy . Excellent! said Stickly-Prickly; but I s do any more just nos making you black in to ter once again and Ill practice t side-stroke iced, and Slow-Solid swam alongside. Excellent! said Slotle more practice o unlace my back and front plates t fascinating bend t you say is so easy. ont Painted Jaguar be surprised! Excellent! said Stickly-Prickly, all from turbid Amazon. I declare, I s knole more expression, please, and dont grunt quite so muced Jaguar may to try t long dive ed Jaguar be surprised! And so Stickly-Prickly dived, and Slow-and-Solid dived alongside. Excellent! said Slole more attention to o keep ttom of turbid Amazon. Nory t exercise of putting my able. ont Painted Jaguar be surprised! Excellent! said Stickly-Prickly. But its straining your back-plates a little. tead of lying side by side. Os t of exercise, said Sloiced t your prickles seem to be melting into one anot youre groo look ratnut-burr, to. Am I? said Stickly-Prickly. t comes from my soaking in ter. O Painted Jaguar be surprised! t on ill morning came; and te different from hey had been. Stickly-Prickly, said tortoise after breakfast, I am not erday; but I t I may yet amuse Painted Jaguar. t noickly- Prickly. I tremendous improvement on prickles--to say noto sed Jaguar be surprised! Lets go and find him. By and by ted Jaguar, still nursing t before. onis imes backail stopping. Good morning! said Stickly-Prickly. And his morning? Se ed Jaguar; but you must forgive me if I do not at t recall your name. ts unkind of you, said Stickly-Prickly, seeing t time yesterday you tried to scoop me out of my sh your paw. But you any s ed Jaguar. I kno look at my paw! You told me to drop into turbid Amazon and be droo-day? Dont you remember old you? said Stickly- Prickly,-- Cant curl, but can swim-- Stickly-Prickly, ts him! Curls up, but cant swim-- Slos him! ted Jaguar till urned truly cart-wheels in his head. t to fetcher. Moto- day, and t you said couldnt s you said couldnt curl up, curls; and tead of one being smoot, t feel comfy. Son, son! said Motimes, graciously a ortoise is a tortoise, and can never be anything else. But it isnt a isnt a tortoise. Its a little bit of bot knos proper name. Nonsense! said Mots proper name. I s quot;Armadilloquot; till I found out t alone. So Painted Jaguar did as old, especially about leaving t t from t day to t Beloved, no one on turbid Amazon ickly-Prickly and Slo Armadillo. tortoises in ot ty-lappety one over t lived on turbid Amazon in they were so clever. So t; all rig Beloved. Do you see? IVE never sailed the Amazon, Ive never reached Brazil; But the Don and Magdelana, they will! Yes, on, Great steamers, we and gold, Go rolling doo Rio (Roll doo Rio!) And Id like to roll to Rio Some day before Im old! Ive never seen a Jaguar, Nor yet an Armadill O dilloing in his armour, And I spose I never will, Unless I go to Rio to behold-- Roll doo Rio-- Roll really doo Rio! Oo roll to Rio Some day before Im old! HOW THE FIRST LETTER WAS WRITTEN ONCE upon a most early time a Jute or an Angle, or even a Dravidian, never mind e and to, and except means, Man--- for Beloved, means, Lady- Beloved, le girl-daugaffimai Metallumai, and t means, Small-person--any-manners-o-be-spanked; but Im going to call affy. And segumai Bopsulais Best Beloved and Beloved, and s spanked affy could run about s everyimes t come o till teseo, to get so sy? Really, my tegumai, youre no better taffy. Notend and listen! One day tegumai Bopsulai doo to spear carp-fisaffy too. tegumais spear eet t any fis all ally broke it clean across by jabbing it dooo tom of ttle bag), and tegumai ten to bring any extra spears. ty kettle of fisegumai. It ake me o mend this. t affy. Let me run back to to give it me. Its too far for your little fat legs, said tegumai. Besides, you migo t make t of a bad job. doook out a little leatrips of leato mend the spear. taffy sat dooo, oes in ter and very s an a you and I dont knoe, isnt it? If he new spear. taffy, said tegumai, en old you not to use slang? quot;A; isnt a pretty it could be a convenience, noion it, if e home. Just tranger-man came along t o a far tribe, teand one egumais language. ood on t taffy, because tle girl-daug egumai drew a o mend his spear. Come affy. Do you knoewara. Silly! said taffy, and samped , because s w use his spear. Dont botegumai, so busy turn round. I arent, said taffy. I only o do o do, and understand. t botegumai, and on pulling and straining at th full of loose ends. tranger-man--a genuine teaffy s ranger-man t, tamps at me and s be ter of t noble C t take any notice of me. So ely than ever. Noaffy, I you to go to my Mummy, because your legs are longer t fall into t hangs over our fireplace. tranger-man (and e, ts at me, but I dont understand a do ly fear t t y Curns- up and ted a big flat piece of bark off a bircree and gave it to taffy. Beloved, to s no taffy didnt quite understand. O my Mummys living-address? Of course I cant e, but I can draures if Ive anyto scratcooth off your necklace. tranger-man (and e say anytaffy put up tle tiful bead and seed and sooth necklace round his neck. tranger-man (and e, tootootold t if anybody touc my leave tely s, but t s, and t important Ctends-strictly-to- yet taken any notice of me at all, doesnt seem to be afraid t s. I ter be more polite. So affy toot on ummy to draures, and siful pictures! You can look over my s you mustnt joggle. First Ill draw Daddy fishing. It isnt very like Mummy looks as if it icking in Daddys back, but ts because toot big enougs t you to fetcure of me myself splaining to you. My stand up like Ive dra its easier to dra I cant make you pretty in ture, so you mustnt be fended. Are you fended? tranger-man (and e be a big battle going to be fougraordinary cakes my magic soot , is telling me to call all t Cribe to Ciced me. Look, said taffy, dra Daddy s into your to remind you t youre to bring it. Noill you come to trees (trees), and ts a o a beaver-s in all t dra Ive dras all youll see of t fall in! t beyond t isnt as I cant dras my Mummy outside. Siful. S beautifullest Mummy t s be fended when she sees Ive drawn her so plain. Shell be pleased of me because I can draw. No, Ive dra Daddy s outside our Cave. Its inside really, but you sure to my Mummy and s you. Ive made o see you. Isnt it a beautiful picture? And do you quite understand, or shall I splain again? tranger-man (and e ture and nodded very o fetc Cribe to Cended not to notice me! urned to me terrible picture sies. I ribe. even ask taffy t raced off into taffy sat do pleased. Noure t taffy had drawn for him! affy? said tegumai. to and fro. Its a little berangement of my oaffy. If you ask me questions, youll kno it in a little time, and youll be surprised. You dont know how surprised youll be, Daddy! Promise youll be surprised. Very egumai, and on fishing. tranger-man--did you knoill quite by accident ese talking to some oto a Primitive lunch. taffy es t of tranger-man--aleely and es ed, and c ill tried to be polite. As soon as tesure s tranger-man. t once knocked on eshumai pulled his hair. Its as plain as tranger-mans face, suck my tegumai all full of spears, and frigaffy so t ands all on end; and not content , ure of was done. Look! Sure to all tting patiently on tranger-man. egumai icking into o taffys beavers really, but tegumai. Isnt it shocking! Most sranger-mans ing tribal Drums, and called togetribe of tegumai, mans and Dolmans, all Neguses, oons, and Akion, in addition to t, ranger-mans antly lead to taffy. By time tranger-man (in spite of being a tee solid upon ill understand t sure t t ladylike. ill all tribe of tegumai o taffy making daisy-cegumai carefully spearing small carp h his mended spear. ell, you affy. But whis is my surprise. Are you surprised, Daddy? Very, said tegumai; but it tribe is affy. And so t of all eseigo tranger-man, ant Co teetmans and offs oons, and Dolmans acs; oons, Neguses, and Akill armed to teetribe in e reindeer-run, and to feudal and prognatitled to er nig serfs, (Arent tiful Beloved?). ting, and tened every fisy miles, and tegumai tion. teseribe of tegumai took tegumai by top-knot feathers and shook him severely. Explain! Explain! Explain! cried all tribe of tegumai. Goodness sakes alive! said tegumai. Let go of my top-knot. Cant a man break tryside descending on erfering people. I dont believe youve brouger all, said taffy. And o my nice Stranger-man? tens till urned round and round. at taffy. esewindrow. t any, said tegumai. My only visitor t you are trying to c you ribe of tegumai? ure, said ture t showed you were full of spears. Er-um-Praps Id better splain t I gave picture, said taffy, but s feel quite comfy. You! said tribe of tegumai all together. Small-person--to-be-spanked! You? taffy dear, Im afraid tle trouble, said care. Explain! Explain! Explain! said tribe of tegumai, and . I ed tranger-man to fetc, said taffy. t lots of spears. t times to make sure. I couldnt looking as if it stuck into Daddys room on t Mummy called bad people are my beavers. I drao s tranger-man, and I t tupidest people in taffy. h mud? ash him! Nobody said anyt all for a longtime, till tranger-man ( a teribe laug laugesee to all t! ever so often. tribe of tegumai cried and said and sang, O Small-person--any-manners-o-be-spanked, youve upon a great invention! I didnt intend to; I only ed Daddys black-handled spear, said taffy. Never mind. It is a great invention, and some day men ing. At present it is only pictures, and, as ures are not alood. But a time egumai, y-six of em,--and o e, and tly any mistakes. Let t of trangers hair. I s, said taffy, because, after all, t every single otribe of tegumai, youve forgotten my Daddys black-handled spear. taffy dear, t time you e a picture-letter, youd better send a man , to explain means. I dont mind it myself, because I am a its very bad for t of tribe of tegumai, and, as you can see, it surprises tranger. ted tranger-man (a genuine teeo tribe of tegumai, because leman and did not make a fuss about t t into from t day to t is all taffys fault), very fetle girls o read or e. Most of to draures and play about like taffy. thERE runs a road by Merrow Down-- A grassy track to-day it is An of Guildford town, Above t is. he horse-bells ring, t Britons dressed and rode to che dark Phoenicians bring tern Road. And s, t to alks and such-- to barter beads for by jet, And tin for gay sorques and such. But long and long before t time (o roam on it) Did taffy and her Daddy climb t down, and . t in Broadstone brook And made a swamp wands: And hears from Shere would come and look For taffimai wands. t taffy called agai, as more times bigger then; And all tribe of tegumai t a noble figure then! HOW THE ALPHABET WAS MADE ter taffimai Metallumai (ill call affy, Best Beloved) made t little mistake about ranger-man and ture-letter and all, s carp-fised o stay at o dry on tside t taffy slipped ao e early, and tly so giggle, and be silly, child. But it inciting! said taffy. Dont you remember ranger-man looked he mud in his hair? ell do I, said tegumai. I o pay t ones o tranger-man for to him. e didnt do anytaffy. It he mud. e talk about t, said s have lunch. taffy took a marro mousy-quiet for ten surprise. You make a noise--any sort of noise. Aegumai. ill t do to begin h? Yes, said taffy. You look just like a carp-fiss mout again, please. A be rude, my daughter. Im not meaning rude, really and truly, said taffy. Its part of my secret-surprise-t t tooto draw a carp-fish wide-open. for? said her Daddy. Dont you see? said taffy, scratc tle secret sprise. t mind--it a it of t noise--same as I did in t er. Really? said grotending. Go on, taffy. O dra means a carp-fis you knoing in tence carp-fis t of him is drawn). means ahis. (1.) ts not bad, said tegumai, and scratc youve forgotten t h. But I cant draw, Daddy. You neednt dra just trouts got feelers. Look affy. And his. (2.) No. said taffy. ill you understand t? Perfectly, said her Daddy. And se as sprised ;A; Noaffy, very proud. Yah! said her Daddy, very loud. affy. ts a mixy noise. t is a t part? Yer- yer-yer and ah! Ya! Its very like ts dra of te incited too. No. If t. Dra separate. Dra. Sides, I tails easiest, said taffy. A good notion, said tegumai. quot;ail for this. (4.) Ill try noaffy. Member I cant dra do if I just dra part of tail, and ticky-down line for w joins? And shis. (5.) ement. ts beautiful, sher noise, Daddy. Oh! said her Daddy, very loud. ts quite easy, said taffy. You make your moutone. So an egg or a stone . You cant alones. ell o scratchis. (6.) My gracious! said taffy, of noise-pictures ail, and egg! Noher noise, Daddy. Sso taffy oo incited to notice. ts quite easy, sche bark. E? said I to be disturbed. Its a noise just ts t is t to be disturbed. Lets make this. (7.) ts anot. tle back-cave . And if you dra on a tree by t me to most mousy-quiet, so as not to she banks. Perfectly true, said tegumai. And taffy, dear, Ive a notion t your Daddys daug upon t t tribe of tegumai took to using seetead of flints for t t of the world. affy, and oo ement. Ill ss er in tegumai language? Ya, of course, and it means river too--like agai-ya--the agai river. is bad er t gives you fever if you drink it--black er--ser? Yo, of course. Now look, said chis. (8.) Carp-tail and round egg. ter, said taffy. Course I drink t er because Id kno was bad. But I neednt be near ter at all. I miging, and still-- And still it tood t;Gaffy, or youll get fever.quot; All t in a carp-fisail and a round egg! O Daddy, tell Mummy, quick! and taffy danced all round him. Not yet, said tegumai; not till tle further. Lets see. Yo is bad er, but So is food cooked on t it? And his. (9.) Yes. Snake and egg, said taffy So t means dinners ready. If you sa scratcree youd kno ime to come to the Cave. Sod I. My inkie! said tegumai. ts true too. But a minute. I see a difficulty. SO means quot;come and ; but she drying-poles where we hang our hides. affy. I e o , it meant dinner, and I came in from t it meant I o wo would I do? Youd be cross. Sod Mummy. e must make a neure for sho. e must draty snake t the plain snake only hisses ssss. I couldnt be sure o put in ts, said taffy. And praps if you , and Id t ter draure of te sure. Ill put t after this. (10.) Praps ts safest. Its very like our drying-poles, anyhow, said . Ill say ss tegumai for spear, taffy. And he laughed. Dont make fun of me, said taffy, as s of ure-letter and tranger-mans , Daddy. e ime, e draraighis. (11.) Even Mummy couldnt mistake t for me being killed. Please dont, Daddy. It makes me uncomfy. Do some more noises. ere getting on beautifully. Er-egumai, looking up. ell say s means sky. taffy dreopped. e must make a neure for t end sound, mustnt we? Ss just like thin. tend its a frog t eaten anything for years. N-no, said in a mistake it for tself. Sell you tle to s all this. (12.) Os lovely! Mucter taffy, using oot on dra. on till his. (13.) Dont look up, taffy, ry if you can make out means in tegumai language. If you can, . Snake--pole--broken--egg--carp--tail and carp-moutaffy. Ser (rain). Just ts raining. as t to tell me? Of course, said old it you saying a I? ell, I t in a minute, but t raindrop made me quite sure. Ill al is going to rain.quot; up and danced round out before I o rain and Id take my beaver-skin Mummy be surprised? tegumai got up and danced. (Daddies didnt mind doing t! More t! he said. Spose I ed to tell you it going to rain muc come doo t egumai-talk first. Ser ending. River come to.) of ne see hem. But I do--but I do! said tegumai. Just attend a minute, taffy, and do any more to-day. eve got s, teaser. La-la-la and ooth. t t la-la, said taffy. I kno, but people in all tried to do it, taffimai! ell, said taffy, ya? So it does, said tegumai. to-las means t ter in tank for Mummy to cook oo. And s your spear is broken. If Id only t of t instead of draures for tranger! La! La! La! said tegumai, waiving ick and frowning. Oher! I could e easily, taffy on. this way! And she drew. (14.) tegumai. ts la all over. It isnt like any of this. (15.) Now for ya. O before. Now for maru. Mum-mum-mum. Mum ss ones mout it? ell drahis. And he drew. (16.) t makes Ma-ma-ma! But taffy? It sounds all rougootting out a plank for taffy. You mean all s tegumai. And he drew. (17.) Xactly, said taffy. But all teet two. Ill only put in one, said tegumai. If to be ures tter for everybody. And he drew. (18.) No it, said tegumai, standing on one leg. Ill draring like fish. ter put a little bit of stick or somet eacle, same as if they were carps? O, said edly stopping, on a big ne of birch-bark. (19.) Saffy, reading it out sound by sound. ts enougo-day, said tegumai. Besides, youre getting tired, taffy. Never mind, dear. ell finis all to- morroer t trees you can see are all chopped up for firewood. So t evening tegumai sat on one side of taffy on togetill egumai, youre affy. Please dont mind, said taffy. Its only our secret-sprise, Mummy dear, and ell you all about it te its done; but please dont ask me is noell. So carefully didnt; and brig morning tegumai doo to t neures, and up ser is ending or running out) cone er-tank, outside the Cave. Um, said taffy. ture-sounds are rather! Daddys just as good as come old me to get more er for Mummy to cook to t tank from a bark bucket, and to t ear--t belonged to o pull when she was good. No-over sound-pictures, said inciting day of it, and a beautiful lunc, taffy said t as sound, t of family group of t o dra o dra six or seven times, taffy and tegumai dre scratccill at last t-sound egumai to affy and tesures partly happened. (20, 21, 22.) Many of tures iful to begin as till at last even tegumai said urned to s le made a t came into tures so often (24); and tures of tegumais for t y, nosy noise, t dreill tired (29); and ture of t for tcy Ka-sound (31); and tures of a little bit of till tures t ted, and t, all complete. And after ter ics, and Nilotics, and Cryptics, and Cufics, and Runics, and Dorics, and Ionics, and all sorts of otricks (because tories of tradition ), tandable Alp--A, B, C, D, E, and t of em--got back into its proper s Beloveds to learn whey are old enough. But I remember tegumai Bopsulai, and taffimai Metallumai and tese so--a little time ago--on the big agai! OF all tribe of tegumai t figure, none remain,-- On Merrohe cuckoos cry the sun remain. But as turn And s unwounded sing again, Comes taffy dancing the fern to lead the Surrey spring again. h bracken-fronds, And golden elf-locks fly above; as diamonds And bluer the skies above. In mocassins and deer-skin cloak, Unfearing, free and fair ss, And ligtle damp-wood smoke to ss. For far--oh, very far behind, So far s call to him, Comes tegumai alone to find ter t o him. THE CRAB THAT PLAYED WITH THE SEA BEFORE times, O my Best Beloved, came time of t Magician ting t t told all t t and play. And t Magician, --All-t-t being an Elep, and All-t-took t being a Beaver, and All-there-was played. ook t being a Coook turtle--All-turtle t being a turtle, and All-turtle-took all ts and birds and fisold t to play at. But toired, ttle girl-daug beloved little girl-daugting upon is t Magician? And t Magician said, you are too ed and said, Yes, I am too see t you make all t to me. Noalking toget in ttled off sideepped into to ers, and I to t ttle girl-daug on till t orders; and t Magician off to see he Animals were playing. Nort Beloved, and -tusks and stamping in t had been made ready for him. Kun? said All-t-t? Paya Magician, meaning, t is quite rig rocks and lumps of eart All-t-t ains, and you can look t on the map. East, and ongue round a a time, and s and sat doo chew her cud. Kun? said All-there-was. Paya Magician; and cen, and upon t do Indian Desert, and t of Sa on the map. est, and ready for him. Kun? said All-there-was. Paya Magician; and rees and till er, and t on the map. t Souturtle-tc ready for o the sea. Kun? said All-turtle-there-was. Paya Magician; and beautiful islands of Borneo, Celebes, Sumatra, Java, and t of t on the map! By and by t Magician met the Perak river, and said, he Animals obedient to you? Yes, said the Man. Is all t to you? Yes, said the Man. Is all t to you? No, said t t-er back into t, so t my ; once a day and once a nig runs doer after it, so t t but mud, and my canoe is upset. Is t told it to play? No, said t Magician. t is a new and a bad play. Look! said t Sea came up till it overflos for miles and miles, and flooded the Mans house. t epped into ttle girl-daugook on to run back and back, and t of t Selangor, past Malacca, past Singapore, out and out to tang, as t ring. t Magician stood up and sed, s, birds, and fis I took betaug you she Sea? ts, birds, and fisoget Magician, you taugo play-- one of us plays he Sea. ter, and t Magician said to ts in to catche Sea? No, said tc I do not play he Sea. And on spinning his line. No up in tes t as it is made, and t Magician said to of the Sea? And t said, I am too busy biting t t play on biting the line. ttle girl-daug up tle soft broiful Magician! o you at ts aug aaught him his play. And t Magician said, tle c! like? And ttle girl-daug; and alks; and rong armour upon his back. And t Magician said, tle crut. Give me the paddle! So ook t to paddle, for ter floeadily past all till to t tasek--t of t leads doo t of t ree, Pau bears ts. t Magician slid o ter, and under ts of tree ouctled do toucer rises in a basin . A Magician. Now I know w, are you doing, Pau Amma? And Pau Amma, deep doo look for my food. Once a day and once a nigurn. Leave me alone. t Magician said, Listen, Pau Amma. from your cave ters of to Pusat tasek, and all t bare, and ttle fiss, in Pusat tasek, ters of ttle islands are dro er. t knoant. seven times a day, and ters sill. And t Magician said, I cannot make you play t to play, Pau Amma, because you escaped me at t if you are not afraid, come up and alk about it. I am not afraid, said Pau Amma, and o top of t. t a common Crab, but a King Crab. One side of souc Saraouc Paaller tree ore off one of t ts--ts t make people young,-- and ttle girl-daug bobbing alongside t in and began to pick out t eyes of it tle golden scissors. Noo s you are really important. Pau Amma rolled ir up t Magician laughed. You are not so important after all, Pau Amma, me try, and ttle finger of Beloved, Pau Ammas , and Pau Amma all soft--soft as ttle crabs t you sometimes find on t Beloved. Indeed, you are very important, said t Magician. So cut you s, to pierce you usks, or so bite you? And Pau Amma said, I am as me go back to Pusat tasek, and I ir out once a day and once a nigo get my food. And t Magician said, No, Pau Amma, I give you back your sronger, and per your promise, and you he Sea once more. t s I can only tasek, and if I go any me. And if I go to Pusat tasek, all soft as I am noir out to get my food, and so I sed. Listen, Pau Amma, said t Magician. I cannot make you play t to play, because you escaped me at t if you cone and every tasek for you and your children for always. t is good, but I do not c. Look! t Man o you at t taken up your attention I s ired of ing and run ahis would never have happened. will he do for me? And t boter and t you so he sea. And Pau Amma said, I do not c. Look! t girl Magician would will she do for me? And ttle girl-daug t I am eating. If you crong, so t you and your c cocoa-nuts like to t tasek for yourself belong to you wone or oo ree. And Pau Amma said, I do not c, for, all soft as I am, ts Magician, and then I will play your play. And t Magician said, I back, Pau Amma, for eleven mont on t s again, to remind you and all your c I can make magics, and to keep you if you can run boter and on land, you oo bold; and if you can climb trees and crack nuts and dig oo greedy, Pau Amma. t a little and said, I have made my choice. I ake all ts. t Magician made a Magic Beloved, Pau Amma greill at last ttle green crab ser alongside the scissors! And ter picked tle broom of ttle arms, and opened t t nuts. I can crack srees. I can breat tasek under every stone. I did not knoant. Kun? (Is t?) Paya Magician, and tle Pau Amma scuttled over to ter; and iny t ttom of the sea. as t Magician. Yes, said t no go back to Perak, and t is a o paddle. If ill Pau Amma of Pusat tasek and come er would self. You are lazy, said t Magician. So your c people in to too lazy to row h your line, Fisherman. No, said to be lazy all my days, let t will save paddling. And t Magician laug is right). And t of topped biting t ill it touc tang, past Singapore, past Malacca, past Selangor, till to the Moon. Paya Magician. See no you pull t be careful not to do it too o Pau Amma. t up t to bed, Best Beloved. Noen and attend! From t day to t ides. Sometimes ttle too spring tides; and sometimes tle too softly, and t ides; but nearly always Magician. And Pau Amma? You can see tle Pusat taseks for tone and bunctle scissors; and in some parts of truly live on trees and eat cocoa-nuts, exactly as ter promised. But once a year all Pau Ammas must s-to remind t t Magician could do. And so it isnt fair to kill or Pau Ammas babies just because old Pau Amma upidly rude a very long time ago. Oe being taken out of ttle Pusat taseks and brougtles. t is ! ChINA-GOING Ps and Os Pass Pau Ammas playground close, And tasek lies Near track of most B.I.s. U.Y.K. and N.D.L. Know Pau Ammas home as well As the Sea knows Bens, M.M.s, and Rubattinos. But (and ther queer) A.t.L.s can not come here; O. and O. and D.O.A. Must go round another way. Orient, Anchor, Bibby, hall, Never go t all. U.C.S. would If it found itself on it. And if Beavers took their cargoes to Penang instead of Lagos, Or a fat Shaw-Savill bore Passengers to Singapore, Or a e Star o try a Little trip to Sourabaya, Or a B.S.A. on Past Natal to Cheribon, t Mr. Lloyds would come ithem home! Youll know w my riddle means en mangosteens. Or if you cant till to let you side page of times; turn over to page 2 ake tlas (and t is t picture-book in t teamers go to fit into teamer-kiddy ougo be able to do t; but if you cant read, ask some one to s you. THE CAT THAT WALKED BY HIMSELF tend and listen; for t Beloved, ild oods by t t of all t. o him. Of course too. even begin to be tame till told s like living in a nice dry Cave, instead of a leaves, to lie do a nice fire of tail-do, dear, when you come in, and now well keep house. t nig Beloved, te stones, and flavoured uffed to sleep in front of t t up, combing ook tton--t blade-bone--and s t, and s Singing Magic in the world. Out in t ild oods all toget of t it meant. tamped and said, O my Friends and O my Enemies, lig great Cave, and w do us? ild Dog lifted up mutton, and said, I is good. Cat, come h me. Nenni! said t. I am t come. trotted off to t said to o me. go too and see and look and come a my oly, very softly, and hing. ed up tiful smell of t mutton, and t t. ild t of t do you ? ild Dog said, O my Enemy and ife of my Enemy, smells so good in the ild oods? ted mutton-bone and t to ild Dog, and said, ild t of taste and try. ild Dog gna asted, and her. t of to t nig bones as you need. A, listening. t s so wise as I am. ild Dog crao to t night I will guard your Cave. A, listening. t is a very foolis back t ild oods waving ail, and walking by old anybody. is ild Dog doing ild Dog any more, but t Friend, because ake ing. Next nig great green armfuls of freser-meado before t it smelt like ne ted a er out of tton-bone--at the world. Out in t o ild Dog, and at last ild amped and said, I urned. Cat, come h me. Nenni! said t. I am t come. But all tly, very softly, and hing. ripping and stumbling on of t do you ? ild horse said, O my Enemy and ife of my Enemy, where is ild Dog? t it, and said, ild t of t come for this good grass. And ild ripping and stumbling on is true; give it me to eat. t of t I give you, and you s times a day. A, listening, t s so clever as I am. ild ed er over it, and ild and said, O my Mistress, and ife of my Master, I for the wonderful grass. A, listening, t is a very foolish horse. And back t ild oods, waving ail and walking by old anybody. ing, t is ild ild t Servant, because o place for always and always and always. Ride on ing. Next day, catcrees, ild Coo t follo t said to give o t back t ild oods old anybody. And ions same as before, t ild Co te milk for alake care of Friend and t Servant go ing. Next day t ed to see if any oto t no one moved in t ild oods, so t of t te milk. Cat said, O my Enemy and ife of my Enemy, where did ild Cow go? t of to t as in our Cave. Cat said, I am not a friend, and I am not a servant. I am t o your cave. oman said, t come Friend on t night? Cat greales of me? t . You yourself. Go away and walk by yourself in all places alike. t pretended to be sorry and said, Must I never come into t I never sit by t I never drink te milk? You are very iful. You s be cruel even to a Cat. oman said, I kne I did not knoiful. So I o the Cave. And if you say t. I never s if I say t by the Cave. And if you say t. I never s if I say te milk times a day for always and always and always. t arc tain at t ts t stand beside t my Enemy and t a ild oods waving ail and walking by his wild lone. t niging, t tell t s, because s t not like it. Cat far and far aill t all about --ttle upside-do--t o Cat was happening. One evening Bat said, t and small, and the oman is very fond of him. A, listening, but he Baby fond of? are soft and tickle, said t. o o sleep. hings. A, listening, time has come. Next nig ild oods and ill morning-time, and Man and Dog and ing. t morning, and terrupted. So sside to play still the Baby cried. t put out ted t cooed; and t rubbed against its fat knees and tickled it under its fat cail. And the oman heard him and smiled. t--ttle upside-do--t ess and ife of my and Mots Son, a ild t beautifully playing h your Baby. A blessing on t ild traighis morning and he has done me a service. t very minute and second, Best Beloved, tain t retcail-do t remembered t, and o pick it up-- lo and be ting quite comfy inside the Cave. O my Enemy and ife of my Enemy and Mot, it is I: for you he Cave for always and always and always. But still I am t wo me. t igook up o spin. But t , for it struggled and kicked and grehe face. O my Enemy and ife of my Enemy and Mot, take a strand of t you are spinning and tie it to your spinning- shall make your Baby laugh as loudly as he is now crying. I my s end; but I t. Sied to ttle clay spindle ran after it and patted it ossed it backo lose it, and pounced do again, till t er t and frolicked all over till it greired and settled doo sleep in its arms. No, I so purr, loud and loill t asleep. t ion but you are very clever, O Cat. t very minute and second, Best Beloved, t t remembered t, and ting quite comfy close to the fire. O my Enemy and ife of my Enemy and Mot, it is I, for you by t t still I am t wo me. t do out tton and began to make a Magic t s . It a Singing Magic, Best Beloved, it ill Magic; and by and by till t a little out of a corner and ran across the floor. O my Enemy and ife of my Enemy and Mot, is t little mouse part of your magic? Oustool in front of t t. A, c it? No, said t it quickly and I eful to you. Cat made one jump and caugtle mouse, and t Friend is not quick enougo catctle mice as you be very wise. t very moment and second, O Best Beloved, t t stood by t--because it remembered t, and ool--lo and be e milk t lay in one of the broken pieces. O my Enemy and ife of my Enemy and Mot, it is I; for you e milk times a day for al still I am t wo me. t t a boe milk and said, O Cat, you are as clever as a man, but remember t your bargain made knohey come home. is t to me? said t. If I e milk times a day I do not care he Dog can do. t evening old tory of t sat by t made a bargain er me. took off s and ook up tle stone axe (t makes tcc (t is five altoget t in a roc you wer me. Aening, t, but so clever as my Man. t counted tc still I am t wo me. Not last I I am noo ts and my little stone axe (t makes t you w you. And so ser me! t a minute. made a bargain er me. And eet kind to t you till I catcce you. And so ser me. Aening, t, but so clever as the Dog. Cat counted teeted) and o t pull my tail too still I am t t walks by o me. Not last I noo you up a tree w you. And so ser me. ts and tle stone axe (t makes t t, and t ran out of tree; and from t day to t Beloved, t of five a Cat t keeps oo. o Babies pull ail too imes, and o t ild oods or up t ild trees or on t ild Roofs, waving ail and walking by his wild lone. PUSSY can sit by the fire and sing, Pussy can climb a tree, Or play ring tomuse me. But I like Binkie my dog, because o behave; So, Binkies t Friend was, And I am the Cave. Pussy ill Its time to her paw And make he window-sill (For tprint Crusoe saw); tail and mews, And scratc attend. But Binkie will play wever I choose, And rue First Friend. Pussy h her head Pretending she loves me hard; But te I go to my bed Pussy runs out in the yard, And tays till t; So I kno is only pretend; But Binkie, my feet all night, And est Friend! THE BUTTERFLY THAT STAMPED t Beloved, is a story--a neory--a story quite different from tories--a story about t ise Sovereign Suleiman-bin-Daoud--Solomon the Son of David. ty-five stories about Suleiman- bin-Daoud; but t one of t is not tory of ter; or t. It is not tory of t, or t is tory of tterfly t Stamped. Notend all over again and listen! Suleiman-bin-Daoud s said, t ts said. ood orees said ood everyto t Beautiful Queen Balkis, was nearly as wise as he was. Suleiman-bin-Daoud rong. Upon t urned it once, Afrits and Djinns came Out of to do urned it to do urned it times, t angel Azrael of ter-carrier, and told hree worlds,--Above--Below--and here. And yet Suleiman-bin-Daoud proud. . Once ried to feed all t e it up in t of ty t ttom of t you o feed all t me to ask I made ready for all t do you really call t a dinner? t on dinner to s a great and ric because I really ed to be kind to t serves me right. Suleiman-bin-Daoud ruly Beloved. After t t it o sory part of my story begins. y-nine Beautiful Balkis; and t golden palace in tains. really nine-y-nine in to marry ever so many more just to s he King. Some of t some Beautiful never quarrelled oo muc in ruly sorry for him. Of course if o turn s ty-nine quarrelsome o or greye seeds; but Suleiman-bin-Daoud t t t iful Palace gardens and wished he had never been born. One day, oget out for peace and quiet as usual; and among trees Balkis t Beautiful, very sorrourn t and Mesopotamia and Persia and C you are t and terrible King. But Suleiman-bin-Daoud s of my Life, remember t came out of t and Abyssinia and C be made even more ashan I have been. And Balkis t Beautiful said, O my Lord and treasure of my Soul, w will you do? And Suleiman-bin-Daoud said, O my Lady and Content of my , I sinue to endure my fate at ty-nine Queens winual quarrelling. So on bets and ted ginger-plants t greill o t campree t ree of Suleiman-bin-Daoud. But Balkis all irises and tted bamboos and tree, so as to be near rue love, Suleiman-bin-Daoud. Presently tterflies fleree, quarrelling. Suleiman-bin-Daoud o t your presumption in talking like to me. Dont you kno if I stamped all Suleiman-bin-Daouds Palace and tely vanishunder. t y-nine botill tree s tterflys boast. And tle man, come here. tterfly o t ly, Little man, you kno all your stamping bend one blade of grass. made you tell t ao your less she is your wife. tterfly looked at Suleiman-bin-Daoud and sa ars on a frosty nig wives are like. Suleiman-bin-Daoud smiled in tle brother. One must keep tterfly, and s to quiet her. And Suleiman-bin-Daoud said, May it quiet o your tle brot me you say. Back fleterfly to ter behind a leaf, and she said, he heard you! Suleiman-bin-Daoud himself heard you! terfly. Of course o hear me. And w did did he say? ell, said tterfly, fanning importantly, bet blame a great deal and t ripening,-- to stamp, and I promised I . Gracious! said quite quiet; but Suleiman-bin-Daoud laugill tears ran dotle Butterfly. Balkis t Beautiful stood up beree among to alk. S, If I am save my Lord from tions of t ly to tterflys ife, Little erflys ife, very frigo Balkiss we hand. Balkis bent iful tle woman, do you believe w your said? tterflys ife looked at Balkis, and sa beautiful Queens eyes sarlig men-folk are like. And t o o tle sister, I know. t angry, said tterflys ife, fanning all, but hem, O Queen. t pleases my o believe t I believe amping , Im sure I dont care. all about it to-morrow. Little sister, said Balkis, you are quite rig next time o boast, take o stamp, and see we? hell be very much ashamed. Aterflys ife to es than ever. Remember! said tterfly. Remember amp my foot. I dont believe you one little bit, said tterflys ife. I so see it done. Suppose you stamp now. I promised Suleiman-bin-Daoud t I , said tterfly, and I dont to break my promise. It matter if you did, said bend a blade of grass amping. I dare you to do it, samp! Stamp! Stamp! Suleiman-bin-Daoud, sitting under tree, all about all about t came out of t about s laugree, smiled because rue love was so joyful. Presently tterfly, very and puffy, came o Suleiman, Ss me to stamp! Ss to see , and noo the end of my days! No, little brot you again, and urned t for ttle Butterflys sake, not for t of th! Slaves, said Suleiman-bin-Daoud, terfly ting) stamps front forefoot you amps again you hem back carefully. Notle broto your amp all youve a mind to. Aterfly to o do it! I dare you to do it! Stamp! Stamp noamp! Balkis sa Djinns stoop doo tly and said, At last Suleiman-bin-Daoud terfly o ened! tterfly stamped. to t aterflys ife fluttered about in tradict again. tterfly es before o terfly, Stamp again, little brot great magician. Yes, give terflys ife, still flying about in t lets terfly as bravely as your nagging o. Of course it doesnt make any difference to me--Im used to t as a favour to you and to Suleiman-bin-Daoud I dont mind putting t. So amped once more, and t instant t do even a bump. tains played among tian lilies; t on singing, and tterflys ife lay on ree waggling ing, Oh, Ill be good! Ill be good! Suleiman-bin-Daolld could tterfly and said, O great urning to me my Palace if at time you slay me h! terrible noise, for all ty-nine Queens ran out of ting and calling for t marble steps beloain, one , and t ise Balkis statelily foro meet t is your trouble, O Queens? tood on teps one and sed, is our trouble? e om, ting in a t ts moved about in t is our trouble, O extremely troubled on account of t trouble, for it roublesome trouble, unlike any trouble we have known. t Beautiful Queen--Suleiman-bin-Daouds Very Best Beloved--Queen t o to as ise Suleiman-bin-Daoud is notterfly against o teac is counted a virtue among tterflies. tian Queen--ter of a P be plucked up by ts like a leek for ttle insect. No! Suleiman-bin-Daoud must be dead, and he news. t bold Queen looking at o o thers, Come and see. teps, one , and beneatree, still ise King Suleiman-bin-Daoud rocking back and fortterfly on eiter to please your o stamp yet again; for o t eminently a great magician--one tle folk! And hey flew away. t Balkis--t Beautiful and Splendid Balkis, smiling--fell flat on tterfly is displeased so us whrough many days? t t tiptoed back to t mousy-quiet. t Beautiful and Excellent Balkis-- foro tree and laid reasure of my Soul, rejoice, for and a memorable teaching. And Suleiman-bin-Daoud, still looking after tterflies y, terfly ever since I came into told Balkis w he had done. Balkis--tender and Most Lovely Balkis--said, O my Lord and Regent of my Existence, I ree and sa all. It terflys ife to ask tterfly to stamp, because I for t my Lord magic and t t and be frigold t. t under tree, and stretcener of my Days, kno if I my Queens for t feast for all tainly to s by means of your and for ttle Butterfly, and--be ions of my vexatious ell me, t of my , o be so iful and tall, looked up into Suleiman-bin-Daouds eyes and put tle on one side, just like tterfly, and said, First, O my Lord, because I loved you; and secondly, O my Lord, because I know w women-folk are. t up to terwards. But it clever of Balkis? thERE was never a Queen like Balkis, From o the wide worlds end; But Balkis tailed to a butterfly As you alk to a friend. there was never a King like Solomon, Not since the world began; But Solomon talked to a butterfly As a man alk to a man. She was Queen of Sabaea-- And he was Asias Lord-- But talked to butterflies ook their walks abroad!