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Title: The talking beasts : a book of fable wisdom
Year: 1922 (1920s)
Authors: Wiggin, Kate Douglas Smith, 1856-1923 Smith, Nora Archibald, 1859-1934 Nelson, Harold, ill
Subjects: Fables
Publisher: Garden City, N.Y. : Doubleday, Page & Co.
Contributing Library: New York Public Library
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er then instructed the Elephantas follows: As soon as I begin to lick up themolasses on your back, bellow as loud as youcan and make believe to be hurt, and writhe andwriggle this way and that. And presently Friend Mouse-deer commencedto lick hard, and Friend Elephant writhed andwriggled and made believe to be hurt, and madea prodigious noise of trumpeting. In this waythey proceeded and Friend Mouse-deer got upand sat astride upon Friend Elephants back.And the Elephant trumpeted and trumpetedall the way till they met with Friend Tiger.At this Friend Mouse-deer exclaimed, Asingle Elephant is very short commons; if Icould only catch that big and fat old Tigerthere, it would be just enough to satisfy myhunger. Now when Friend Tiger heard these wordsof the Mouse-deer, he said to himself, So Isuppose if you catch me, youll eat me into thebargain, will you? And Friend Tiger stayednot a moment longer, but fled for his life, fetch-ing very lofty bounds. And soon he met with the Black Ape, and
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NOW WHEN FRIEND TIGEB HEARD THESE WORDS OF THE MOUSE-DEER, HE SAID TO HIMSELF, *SO I SUPPOSE IF YOU CATCH ME, YOUWILL EAT ME INTO THE BARGAIN, WILL YOU? AND FRIEND TIGEBSTAYED NOT A MOMENT LONGER, BUT FLED FOR HIS LIFE MALAYAN FABLES 167 Friend Ape asked, Why running so hard,Friend Tiger? Why so much noise, and why,just when the Rains are upon us, too, do you gofetching such lofty bounds? Friend Tigerreplied, What do you mean by so much noise?What was the Thing that was got upon FriendElephants back, that had caught Friend Ele-phant and was devouring him so that he wentwrithing and wriggling for the pain of it, andthe blood went streaming down in floods?Moreover the Thing that was got on FriendElephants back said, to my hearing, that asingle Elephant was very short commons: butif It could catch a fat old Tiger like myselfthat would be just enough to satisfy Its hunger.Friend Ape said, : What was that Thing, FriendTiger? I dont know, said the Tiger. Ah, mused the Ape, I wonder if it co

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