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Jean de Boschère. Beasts & Men
Beasts & Men
Table of Contents
UPS AND DOWNS
THE THREE MONKEYS
HOW THE GOLDFINCH GOT HIS COLOURS
THE COCK AND THE FOX
THE MOST CUNNING ANIMAL
SPONSKEN AND THE GIANT
WHY CATS ALWAYS WASH AFTER EATING
THE CHORISTERS OF ST. GUDULE
THE TRIAL OF REYNARD THE FOX
I. HOW CHANTICLEER THE COCK MADE COMPLAINT AGAINST REYNARD
II. HOW BRUIN THE BEAR WAS SENT TO BRING REYNARD TO COURT
III. TYBERT’S MISSION AND HOW HE FARED
IV. HOW BLAIREAU THE BADGER BROUGHT REYNARD TO TRIAL
V. HOW REYNARD TOLD THE KING OF A HIDDEN TREASURE
THE MAGIC CAP
SUGAR-CANDY HOUSE
POOR PETER
THE PEASANT AND HIS ASS
THE KING OF THE BIRDS
A DRUM FULL OF BEES
THE DRUNKEN ROOKS
THE BATTLE OF THE BIRDS AND BEASTS
THE END OF THE WORLD
THE REWARD OF THE WORLD
ONE BAD TURN BEGETS ANOTHER
THE PEASANT AND THE SATYRS
THE TWO FRIENDS AND THE BARREL OF GREASE
WHY THE BEAR HAS A STUMPY TAIL
THE WITCH’S CAT
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Jean de Boschère
Folk Tales Collected in Flanders and Illustrated by Jean de Bosschère
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“A funny thing happened to me to-night,” he said carelessly between two bites of an onion. “As I was walking along the lonely road by the cemetery a white figure jumped out at me.”
“A wh-white figure!” stammered his father. “How terrifying! And what did you do, my son?”
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