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Table of Contents
ОглавлениеPREFACE.
THE STORY OF THE FIRST HUMMING-BIRD.
PART I. THE GREAT FIRE-MOUNTAIN.
PART II. THE FROLIC OF THE FLAMES.
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.
WHY THE SERPENT SHEDS HIS SKIN.
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.
WHY THE PEETWEET CRIES 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 GRASSHOPPER.
WHY THE PEACOCK'S TAIL HAS A HUNDRED EYES.
THE STORY OF THE BEES AND THE FLIES.
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.
HOW THE BLOSSOMS CAME TO THE HEATHER.
THE STORY OF THE FIRST WHITEFISH.
WHY THE CROCODILE HAS A WIDE MOUTH.
THE STORY OF THE PICTURE ON THE VASE.
WHY THE WATER IN RIVERS IS NEVER STILL.
THE STORY OF THE EARTH AND THE SKY.
THE STORY OF THE FIRST SNOWDROPS.
WHY THE FACE OF THE MOON IS WHITE.
WHY THERE IS A HARE IN THE MOON.
