The Animal Story Book - The Original Classic Edition. Lang Andrew

of Pyramus 154

       The Story of a Weasel 160

       Stories about Wolves 163

       Two Highland Dogs 174

       Monkey Tricks and Sally at the Zoo 191

       How the Cayman was killed 194

       The Story of Fido 200

       Beasts Besieged 205

       Mr. Gully 209

       Stories from Pliny 213

       The Strange History of Cagnotte 215

       Still Waters Run Deep; or, the Dancing Dog 219

       Theo and his Horses: Jane, Betsy, and Blanche 225

       Madame Theophile and the Parrot 231

       The Battle of the Mullets and the Dolphins 233

       Monkey Stories 237

       Eccentric Bird Builders 245

       The Ship of the Desert 248

       Hame, hame, hame, where I fain wad be 253

       Nests for Dinner 257

       Fire-eating Djijam 259

       The Story of the Dog Oscar 264

       Dolphins at Play 274

       The Starling of Segringen 278

       Grateful Dogs 280

       Gazelle 282

       Cockatoo Stories 289

       The Otter who was reared by a Cat 292

       Stories about Lions 295

       Builders and Weavers 307

       [xii]More Faithful than Favoured 310

       Dolphins, Turtles, and Cod 316

       More about Elephants 321

       Bungey 329

       Lions and their Ways 333

       The History of Jacko I. 338

       Signora and Lori 348

       Of the Linnet, Popinjay, or Parrot, and other Birds that can Speak 351

       Patch and the Chickens 354

       The Fierce Falcon 356

       Mr. Bolt, the Scotch Terrier 360

       A Raven's Funeral 364

       A Strange Tiger 368

       Halcyons and their Biographers 373

       The Story of a Frog 375

       The Woodpecker Tapping on the Hollow Oak Tree 384

       Dogs Over the Water 387

       The Capocier and his Mate 394

       Owls and Marmots 396

       Eagles' Nests 399

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       LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

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       Tom is invited to the Ball 3

       'The Minuet was Tom's greatest Triumph' 9

       Tom discovered in the Box 12

       'They at last all took hold of his Tail' 16

       Terror of the Orang-outang at Sai 17

       Sai has to take a Pill 21

       The Cats no match for the Buzzard 27

       The Buzzard carries off Hat and Wig 28

       'Seeing such a number of Rats, he left his Horses and ran for his Life' 37

       The Rats in the Larder 41

       The Baron kills the Snake 44

       The Baron slays the Horned Snake 46

       How the Indians make the Horned Snake disgorge his Dinner 48

       The Elephant helps the Gardener 53

       De Narsac recognises his Friend's Dog 57

       The Dog flies at Macaire in the presence of the King 61

       The Baron kills the Bear 75

       The Grizzly 79

       Androcles in the Lion's Cave 93

       Androcles in the Arena 97

       'Monsieur Dumas, may I accommodate you with my Monkey and my Parrot?' 107

       The Auvergnat and his Monkey 111

       The Last of the Laidmanoirs and Mademoiselle Desgarcins 120

       Dumas arrives at Stora with his Vulture 127

       'It's a regular Kennel' 131

       Jugurtha becomes Diogenes 135

       Pritchard and the Hens 142

       'Pritchard reappeared next moment with a Hare in his Mouth'145

       Cartouche outwits Pyramus 156

       Mademoiselle de Laistre and her Weasel 161

       'When Day broke' 166

       [xiv]The Death of the Famous Wolf of Gevaudan 171

       'The Long Vigil' 187

       The Capture of the Cayman 197

       The Wounding of Fido 201

       The Dream of the Hungry Lion 207

       Cagnotte comes out of his Skin 217

       'And what do you Think she Saw' 221

       Blanche telling Ghost Stories to Jane in the Stable 227

       How the Dolphins helped the Fishermen to catch the Mullets 234

       Two Oran Otans 238

       The Baboons who stole the Poor Man's Dinner 241

       Birds' Nests for Dinner 258

       'In the full enjoyment of a large lighted Log on the Dining-room Carpet' 261

       'Oscar would charge and rout them' 265

       'Oscar felt rather Frightened' 269

       'Oh, Oscar, Oscar, lad what have you Done?' 271

       The Boy goes to School on the Dolphin's back 275

       Dumas finds Joseph standing on Gazelle's back 284

       Dumas brings Gazelle to No. 109 Faubourg St.-Denis 288

       The Lion caught in the Pit 297

       The Ambush 300

       'All Three stopped to gaze at the Man who dared to put himself in their Path' 303

       'And pinned Him to the Ground' 314

       'Long, Long Ago.' The Elephant dreams of his Old Companions 323

       The Elephant falls on his knees before the little Scotch Terrier 327

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       Bungey at the Spanish Ambassador's House 331

       The Hottentot noticed a huge Lion lying in the Water 335

       Annoyance of the Captain on finding his Flask of Rum upset 339

       Lori refuses to Share with the Signora 349

       A Raven's Funeral 365

       The Tiger and his Friend 369

       Love's disgraceful Behaviour out Shooting 377

       The Sole Result of his Day's Sport 380

       Mademoiselle Camargo becomes a Barometer 381

       The Faithful Spaniel 389 [1]

       'TOM'

       AN ADVENTURE IN THE LIFE OF A BEAR IN PARIS

       From Alexandre Dumas.

       Some sixty years ago and more, a well-known artist named Decamps lived in Paris. He was the intimate friend of some of the

       first authors, artists, and scientific men of the day, and was devotedly fond of animals of all sorts. He loved to paint them, and he kept quite a small menagerie in his studio where a bear, a monkey, a tortoise, and a frog lived (more or less) in peace and harmony together.