THE DISOBEDIENT WOODPECKER 1
(_French_)
MOTHER MAGPIE'S KINDERGARTEN 6
(_Isle of Wight_)
THE GORGEOUS GOLDFINCH 14
(_Roumanian_)
KING OF THE BIRDS 18
(_Gascon_)
HALCYONE 27
(_Greek_)
THE FORGETFUL KINGFISHER 33
(_German_)
THE WREN WHO BROUGHT FIRE 39
(_French_)
HOW THE BLUEBIRD CROSSED 45
(_Samoan_)
THE PEACOCK'S COUSIN 49
(_Arabic, Malay_)
THE MASQUERADING CROW 59
(_Russian_)
KING SOLOMON AND THE BIRDS 69
(_Arabic_)
THE PIOUS ROBIN 81
(_Breton, Basque, Greek_)
THE ROBIN WHO WAS AN INDIAN 87
(_Ojibway_)
THE INQUISITIVE WOMAN 94
(_Roumanian_)
WHY THE NIGHTINGALE WAKES 98
(_French_)
MRS. PARTRIDGE'S BABIES 105
(_Greek_)
THE EARLY GIRL 109
(_Roumanian_)
HOW THE BLACKBIRD SPOILED HIS COAT 114
(_French_)
THE BLACKBIRD AND THE FOX 124
(_French_)
THE DOVE WHO SPOKE TRUTH 127
(_Welsh_)
THE FOWLS ON PILGRIMAGE 132
(_Greek_)
THE GROUND-PIGEON 138
(_Malay_)
SISTER HEN AND THE CROCODILE 145
(_Congo Negro_)
THE THRUSH AND THE CUCKOO 153
(_Roumanian, German_)
THE OWL AND THE MOON 157
(_Malay_)
THE TUFTED CAP 164
(_Ainu, Japanese Islands_)
THE GOOD HUNTER 168
(_Iroquois_)
THE COURTSHIP OF MR. STORK AND MISS
HERON 176
(_Russian_)
THE PHOENIX 184
(_Egyptian_)
Seven of these tales appeared originally in _The Churchman_ and two in
_The Congregationalist_. They are reprinted by the courteous permission
of the publishers of those magazines.