FAIRY TALES FROM BRAZIL
FAIRY TALES
FROM BRAZIL
HOW AND WHY TALES FROM
BRAZILIAN FOLK-LORE
BY
ELSIE SPICER EELLS
WITH ILLUSTRATIONS BY
HELEN M. BARTONI
NEW YORK
DODD, MEAD & COMPANY
1917
COPYRIGHT, 1917,
BY DODD, MEAD AND COMPANY, Inc.
ACKNOWLEDGMENT
Thanks are due to the publishers of Little Folks, Kindergarten-Primary Magazine, Everyland, Mayflower and Story Tellers' Magazine for the privilege of reprinting stories which they have published.
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| CHAPTER | ||
| Preface | vii | |
| I. | How Night Came | 3 |
| II. | How the Rabbit Lost His Tail | 15 |
| III. | How the Toad Got His Bruises | 23 |
| IV. | How the Tiger Got His Stripes | 33 |
| V. | Why the Lamb is Meek | 47 |
| VI. | Why the Tiger and the Stag Fear Each Other | 61 |
| VII. | How the Speckled Hen Got Her Speckles | 73 |
| VIII. | How the Monkey Became a Trickster | 87 |
| IX. | How the Monkey and the Goat Earned Their Reputations | 95 |
| X. | How the Monkey Got a Drink When He Was Thirsty | 105 |
| XI. | How the Monkey Got Food When He Was Hungry | 115 |
| XII. | Why the Bananas Belong to the Monkey | 123 |
| XIII. | How the Monkey Escaped Being Eaten | 135 |
| XIV. | Why the Monkey Still Has a Tail | 145 |
| XV. | How the Black Became White | 155 |
| XVI. | How the Pigeon Became a Tame Bird | 165 |
| XVII. | Why the Sea Moans | 177 |
| XVIII. | How the Brazilian Beetles Got Their Gorgeous Coats | 201 |
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