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PREFACE

CUNNIE RABBIT

INTRODUCTION

CHAPTER I

WHEN THE NIGHT HAS COME

MR. SPIDER WINS A WIFE

CHAPTER II

WITH THE SPIRITS OF THE WOOD

GORO, THE WONDERFUL WRESTLER.

MR. SPIDER SOLD A VERY FINE DOG.

MR. TURTLE MAKES A RIDING-HORSE OF MR. LEOPARD.

CHAPTER III

A BACK-YARD KITCHEN

CUNNING RABBIT AND HIS WELL.

GOATS OF THE WOOD AND OF THE TOWN.

CHAPTER IV

EVENING ON THE WATER

SPIDER DISCOVERS THE WAX GIRL.

MR. CHAMELEON IS TRANSFORMED INTO A BOAT.

SPIDER, ELEPHAN' EN PAWPAWTÁMUS.

CHAPTER V

A PURRO INITIATION

CUNNING RABBIT BECOMES A KING.

MR. SPIDER INITIATES THE FOWLS.

CHAPTER VI

THE BURNING OF THE FARM

SPIDER TRIES TO "BRUSH" THE DEVIL'S FARM.

THE DEVIL TURNS PIGEON

CHAPTER VII

MAMMY MAMENAH AND HER FRIENDS

A STONE THAT WORE A BEARD.

THE GIRL THAT PLAITED THE DEVIL'S BEARD.

MARRY THE DEVIL, THERE'S THE DEVIL TO PAY.

CHAPTER VIII

CHILDREN OF NATURE

THE THREE TWINS.

WHICH TWIN RESTORED HIS FATHER TO LIFE?

WHICH ONE WAS MOST GREEDY?

MR. SPIDER CREATES A FRIGHTFUL TORNADO.

MR. LEOPARD SHOWS HIS HAND.

MR. LEOPARD FOOLS THE OTHER ANIMALS.

A CASE OF "TIT FOR TAT."

DR. SPIDER'S FATAL PRESCRIPTIONS.

MR. SPIDER "PULLS" A SUPPLY OF BEEF.

CHAPTER IX

AN AFTERNOON IN THE BARREH [56]

THE DANCING BIRD.

THE WICKED IS TAKEN IN HIS OWN SNARE.

AN OLD MAN TURNS ELEPHANT.

THE MAN WHO COULD NOT KEEP SECRETS.

CHAPTER X

KONAH TURNS STORY-TELLER

THE DEVIL'S MAGIC EGGS.

TOOTHACHE ENTAILED.

WHY MR. SPIDER'S WAIST IS SMALL.

CHAPTER XI

WHILE THE BIRDS DID NOT COME

MR. SPIDER SECURES A POWERFUL WITCH MEDICINE.

MR. SPIDER GETS INTO TROUBLE AGAIN.

A GHOST STORY.

CHAPTER XII

A HARVEST HOME IN TEMNE-LAND

WATCH-POT AND GREEDY.

THE ORIGIN OF THE AXE.

CHAPTER XIII

KONAH HAS A WONDERFUL DAY

THE NEW VERSION OF EVE AND THE APPLE.

VOCABULARY