Identifier: redfolkwildfolk00demirich (find matches)
Title: Red folk and wild folk;
Year: 1902 (1900s)
Authors: Deming, Therese (Osterheld), 1874-1945 Deming, Edwin Willard, 1860-1942
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Publisher: New York, F.A. Stokes Company
Contributing Library: University of California Libraries
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t caught theleader by his beautiful long tail. The duck was soanxious to get away that he pulled as hard as he could,and the tail came out. Since that day ducks haveshort tails. A little Indian village was not far away, and,when the boys saw this big fire on top of a hill inthe woods, they hurried out to see what it mightmean. When they reached the lake, they saw thecoon standing there with a handful of feathers, whilethe ducks and their leader who had lost his beautifultail were swimming off. How the boys did laugh !and when they looked at the coons hands and feet,they were bare. He had left the hair and skin where-ever he had jumped on the rocks. Now you will alwa)S have to go barefooted,because you play so many mean tricks on the littleanimal people who are weaker than you are. Andthe coon has had to go barefooted ever since as apunishment. The hair and skin that he left upon the rocksstarted to grow, and now people who do not knowwhat they really are, call them lichens and mosses.
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The Punishment of the Rabbit forDisobeying. I have one arrow through the ring, and I amgoing to try to beat you to-day. Yesterday I wasfar behind, and you laughed at me ; now I will catchup and may get ahead ; but we must stop, for herecomes our grandfather. Little Indian children have no schools, as their white brothers have,and, when an old manof the tribe happenson a group of chil-dren, he stops to in-struct them and givethem good advice. My children, lis-ten ! and all thechildren left their playto hear all the oldman had to tell them.*You must always becourageous, above allthings ; but you mustalso obey your parents and your elders. Your grandmother has not told you how it hap-pened that the rabbit has such long ears ; so I shallhave to, for I heard your mother calling you yester-day, my boy, and you did not answer. If you do

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