A Forest Story

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A Forest Story (1929)
by Josef Kožíšek, illustrated by Rudolf Mates, translated by Rafael De Szalatnay

The Animals Build a Theatre

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Translated from the Czech original Pohádka lesa (1923).

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A
FOREST
STORY

ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
PRINTED IN CZECHOSLOVAKIA

A
FOREST
STORY

BY
JOSEF KOŽÍŠEK

ILLUSTRATED BY
RUDOLF MATES

TRANSLATED
FROM THE CZECHOSLOVAK
BY RAF. D. SZALATNAY

EDITED BY HELEN MURPHY,
OF TEACHERS’ COLLEGE,
NEW YORK

NEW YORK
THE MACMILLAN COMPANY
1929

CONTENTS:

THE ANIMALS BUILD A THEATRE.
ANNOUNCEMENT.
HARE’S BIRTHDAY PARTY.
THE LOST PEG.
OLD MOLE’S TOOTHACHE.
HEDGEHOG, THE KNIGHT.
FIREFLY LIGHT.
CRICKET’S MAGIC FIDDLE.
FROG’S GOLDEN TREASURE.
CROSSPATCH, THE WASP.

Printed by
V. NEUBERT & SONS
Prague-Smíchov
Czechoslovakia

First English edition
printed in Prague for
THE MACMILLAN COMPANY
of New York

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