Once Upon A Time, Animal Stories

By Carolyn Sherwin Bailey
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Length2h 24m

About this audiobook

Excerpt: "Since the childhood of the races, certain old-world stories have appeared in different form in the folklore of different nations, all bearing the stamp of the same source; the interest of primitive people in attributing human impulses and human lines of conduct to the animal world. Perhaps the earliest of all is The Kid Who Would Not Go, which corresponds to the old New England nursery tale of the Old Woman and Her Pig, and which, in its original form, dates back to Hebrew translations. How They Brought Hairlock Home is a typical cumulative tale of Norway. The Story of Ibbity is one of the few obtainable Madagascar folk tales, and symbolizes the search of a primitive people for the source of natural phenomena. Our own southern negroes have given us the stories of Mr. Elephant and Mr. Frog, Why the Bear Sleeps All Winter, Little Bear, and Brother Wolf and the Rock. The American Indians have given us a varied collection of animal myths including How the Rabbit Tried to Coast, How the Squirrel Got Wings, The Talking Grass, and many other camp fire tales that have a nature background. The reason for using these animal stories for story telling and supplementary reading lies in the instinctive interest which all children have in those stories that express the interpretation of life made by primitive races. This interest, and the indirect moral teaching of many of the stories included in this volume, give them a point of departure over and above that held by the modern story."

Audiobook details

GenreGeneral Fiction, Science and Nature
Length2 hrs 24 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateJan 5, 2024
LanguageEnglish

Table of contents

1INTRODUCTION.
2TABLE OF CONTENTS.
3HOW THE EAGLE WENT HUNGRY.
4LITTLE FOOTSTEPS UPON THE WATER.
5THE STORY OF LAMBIKIN.
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6BROTHER WOLF AND THE ROCK.
7LITTLE BEAR.
8HOW THE PIGS CAN SEE THE WIND.
9THE TALKING GRASS.
10HOW THE FOX PLAYED HERDSMAN.
11MR. ELEPHANT AND MR. FROG.
12HOW DRAKESTAIL WENT TO THE KING.
13THE GREEDY CAT.
14THE THREE BILLY GOATS GRUFF.
15THE HOBYAHS.
16THE KID WHO WOULD NOT GO.
17THE ROBIN’S CHRISTMAS SONG.
18THE STORY OF IBBITY.
19THE CHIPMUNK WHO CHATTERED TOO MUCH.
20HOW THE SQUIRREL GOT WINGS.
21HOW THEY BROUGHT HAIRLOCK HOME.
22THE BEAR WHO LOST HIS SUPPER.
23THE RABBIT WHO WAS AFRAID.
24HOW MAPLE SUGAR CAME.
25THE RABBIT WHO WANTED RED WINGS.
26HOW THE FIRST MAYFLOWERS CAME.
27HOW THE RABBIT TRIED TO COAST.
28WHY THE FIELD MOUSE IS LITTLE.
29HOW THE FIRST BEARS CAME.
30WHY THE BEAR HAS A STUMPY TAIL.
31WHY THE BEAR SLEEPS ALL WINTER.

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