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From: MSN NicknameLadyMajykWhisperingOwl  (Original Message)Sent: 11/30/2008 1:46 AM

THE BOOK OF NATURE MYTHS

BY FLORENCE HOLBROOK

PRINCIPAL OF FORESTVILLE SCHOOL, CHICAGO

HOUGHTON MIFFLIN COMPANY

BOSTON * NEW YORK * CHICAGO * DALLAS

SAN FRANCISCO

THE RIVERSIDE PRESS CAMBRIDGE

1902

 

PREFACE

IN preparing the Book of Nature Myths the desire has been to make a second reader which would be adapted to the child's interest, ability, and progress.

The subject-matter is of permanent value, culled from the folk-lore of the primitive races; the vocabulary, based upon that of the Hiawatha Primer, is increased gradually, and the new words and phrases will add to the child's power of expression. The naive explanations of the phenomena of nature given by the primitive races appeal to the child's wonder about the same phenomena, and he is pleased and interested. These myths will gratify the child's desire for complete stories, and their intrinsic merit makes them valuable for oral reproduction.

The stories have been adapted to youthful minds from myths contained in the works of many students of folk-lore whose scholarship is undisputed. Special acknowledgment is due Miss Eva March Tappan for her valuable assistance in the final revision of the text.

 

CONTENTS.

THE STORY OF THE FIRST HUMMING-BIRD

Part I. The Great Fire-mountain

Part II. The Frolic of the Flames

Part III. The Bird of Flame

THE STORY OF THE FIRST BUTTERFLIES

THE STORY OF THE FIRST WOODPECKER

WHY THE WOODPECKER'S HEAD IS RED

WHY THE CAT ALWAYS FALLS UPON HER FEET

WHY THE SWALLOW'S TAIL IS FORKED

WHY THE WHITE HARES HAVE BLACK EARS

WHY THE MAGPIE'S NEST IS NOT WELL BUILT

WHY THE RAVEN'S FEATHERS ARE BLACK

HOW FIRE WAS BROUGHT TO THE INDIANS

Part I. Seizing the Firebrand

Part II. The Firebrand in the Forest

Part III. The Firebrand in the Pond

HOW THE QUAIL BECAME A SNIPE

WHY THE SERPENT SHEDS HIS SKIN

WHY THE DOVE IS TIMID

WHY THE PARROT REPEATS THE WORDS OF MEN

THE STORY OF THE FIRST MOCKING-BIRD

WHY THE TAIL OF THE FOX HAS A WHITE TIP

THE STORY OF THE FIRST FROGS

WHY THE RABBIT IS TIMID

WHY THE PEETWEET CRIED FOR RAIN

WHY THE BEAR HAS A SHORT TAIL

WHY THE WREN FLIES CLOSE TO THE EARTH

WHY THE HOOFS OF THE DEER ARE SPLIT

THE STORY OF THE FIRST GRASSHOPPPER

THE STORY OF THE ORIOLE

WHY THE PEACOCK'S TAIL HAS A HUNDRED EYES

THE STORY OF THE BEES AND THE FLIES

THE STORY OF THE FIRST MOLES

THE STORY OF THE FIRST ANTS

THE FACE OF THE MANITO

THE STORY OF THE FIRST DIAMONDS

THE STORY OF THE FIRST PEARLS

THE STORY OF THE FIRST EMERALDS

WHY THE EVERGREEN TREES NEVER LOSE THEIR LEAVES

WHY THE ASPEN LEAVES TREMBLE

HOW THE BLOSSOMS CAME TO THE HEATHER

HOW FLAX WAS GIVEN TO MEN

WHY THE JUNIPER HAS BERRIES

WHY THE SEA IS SALT

THE STORY OF THE FIRST WHITEFISH

WAS IT THE FIRST TURTLE?

WHY THE CROCODILE HAS A WIDE MOUTH

THE STORY OF THE PICTURE ON THE VASE

WHY THE WATER IN RIVERS IS NEVER STILL

HOW THE RAVEN HELPED MEN

THE STORY OF THE EARTH AND THE SKY

HOW SUMMER CAME TO THE EARTH

Part I.

Part II.

THE STORY OF THE FIRST SNOWDROPS

WHY THE FACE OF THE MOON IS WHITE

WHY ALL MEN LOVE THE MOON

WHY THERE IS A HARE IN THE MOON

THE CHILDREN IN THE MOON

WHY THERE IS A MAN IN THE MOON

THE TWIN STARS

THE LANTERN AND THE FAN

VOCABULARY

THE BOOK OF NATURE MYTHS

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