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'm^'y '-'./'" 1 , • ;""'"" ; , ". - -' '' : '. • lit;, . r-^r !« The How - and 1 Why USEE Library Digitized by the Internet Archive in 2011 http://www.archive.org/details/childcrafthowwhy02chic Volume offifteen volumes STORIES AND FABLES /' \( CHILDCRAFT How Why The and Library FIELD ENTERPRISES EDUCATIONAL CORPORATION Chicago London Rome Sydney Toronto 1969 EDITION CHILDCRAFT The How and WhyLibrary (Reg. U.S. Pat. Off.) Copyright© 1969, 1968, 1965, 1964, U.S.A. by FIELD ENTERPRISES EDUCATIONAL CORPORATION MerchandiseMart Plaza, Chicago, Illinois 60654 All rightsreserved. This volume may not be reproducedin whole or in partin anyform without written permission from the publishers. 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Inc., renewed 1950, 1951 by Carl Sandburg; Little Red Fuumlel ailplpuesatrratoinonpaacgken2o8w6l.edgments for this vol- LSInwicig.fh;tt,h"ocTuohspeeyrOialgnhddtMt1ha9en4G2wriebtayhtHGtahrreacyoBuurBtrm,ipd"BgreafcbreyomaHniTdlhdeeCgoDamarpndaceniyHn,.g Kettle and Other Japanese Folk Tales, retold by Yoshiko Uchida, copyright 1949 by Yoshiko Uchida CoHwuacrhde-tMcBCiasnhno,pIancn.d: TKhuertFiWvieesCeh;ine"sFeebBorlodtshoenr,sbWyesCltaeirrne Harfrpirgeohrmt &T1h9eB5r2oTtabhleykrisNn:agta"ClTaihteebSySavkNauagntekalCiianerlTSsaaonvntaegeOdCeatrtles'osn,Ocvoepny"- rSGicagighe,tntci1os9pt4"yr4firgbhoytm 1WTa9all3lt5eTrbayleBWlaAaimrne;draiGcoaGnaebgy,IsWcoaGulrotteneresyBblFayairb,Weraconapdnyad- HenaarnnyddHOGotelhoterrg&eWCoeH.se,rtzIonAcgf.,r:icc"oaTpnaylrSkit"gohrtfierso1m9b4vT7hHebayrCoolHwd-eTnaCrioylurHlSowalinttdce&hr Faber, Ltd.; The Story of Kattor by Georgia Travers, Co., Inc., courtesy of Harold Courlander ThofcormpoaymsrigAYh.ntaCnr1so9iw3e9tlhlbeyCSoGpmeipodraegnriya:MTar"naAvneabrnyssiaPhnaidnldiFpltahvMei.aPlGSahanegtralioncsk," HHeorurcigughhltteosn19I5nMc9ioffrblpyionraHtCeerodcm:uplaeinsllyu:IstnrcaTotrhiopeno,rFapatsaetgdesSo2o7n6e,r 2H7o9u,ncdopbyy- TDohupefRMcCofoibroaaTpcpolrnhDythymegyeihrardeaeiriarPSlggdtyyoIhphontpuPtrc&bBprCi.lee;el1y1inssCa9s9snro5Sh,e4"komee4t,0fHrpetI,o,dabnbtccnwyhoyTC.eypc:hayo,PSektrphGaehiyil"oIslgerlDnTdiyhi"cihsp.tgaC:eBhflateMra1Smn.onPF9hesrmdl12eaoliS94swngThs3Hhnhe,7eGtbareeroylneIotonbPdoneccfyoDs.kupoaHsIupniRbecsbdyiydalcrtSheubHSheadsayeueral"ddlmyGpypeaCrrB&n"eaBempdkenireenCnsifrssesonrotitmbobtnoe-;my.ynd DTLoahfvRfomHAPMtiaruarmoaioildrnnaprlmngkasey,yeaMudbTBENc"Nl.hHeoKeeFluenfwarCsgtreyoyoHheoLlbnii,mmlestCCprtt&aoTsl,oTkemhrSheypecaoseOoannlpsSndoyid:tfyEnros,Jir"TWtagyWaocHhoIetktnonosemcfywt.aC1e:Doo9nrBrfSn5:.neh"r3aeWHoDvV"hybooeKiDlyorwreir—gpt.MittIUnlatWeisHrDeaeoeySbs"ldrniyttEoft.GHHwrlVeeeeuoiCe'rmdrgssoghebiHFTenPeWurhLiuaoraeasdfnhrtamRmibnbien"yyd--g E.bWEcftrPM1iPeio.ernioo8.sgusnodno9yhrs-PmgnhDt7rrt.eiuRseR,t.esoGD.b1uytuouy9soMtett4sMnlasSMthi9JRaece-oeacuod&mnntVrmdbgiiPhliyeylseC&Toulaisloaoetl.r&alEChin,adeno.bnns.gKyI,baaeKnPfyncia.ngoICR.pdnrdan:luocdAnDid.Cm.CnuP,CyhopgGtoPoia,meAartaplmr.tpueonpdpdslcnanerya,oentMenuwIinyK&rnLyalbi,otttl,npbyfeodelCys.L,io1yMtLan.C9Aadtg,la5c.dr,MTeno4.rgix;pIasogenycd.bthciroay.t"ip;,GATTgyAouherPh.lstilo"esLtgaIrttiAhncgodn1.tTeie.,9u";W2Mrc1nih6Bcfo9ioliaarp1puncmnbo"y2reh-mdy'--, TTRGi.homewLRmWcoVaePifooa,een.,fpbtrdVseyekoiWtPrIPrynk"hMnuiet,iiTcgoattecn.h'hgenaLa:gcrtraaatoteszmpwpPh"eo1Si'ryhse.n9nesrooBs4eitnfMis,6gHS&ol,r,ohulogootytncbrmIcncsoyCnaoG,:hp1coppoy.i9CRyhm:arn"3rrhoyptisei9Twigsao"tghbh,monInhbteylGn;ctydyrePe:GuL1"e1yiLfbet9H9tifeyoa6ftt5""rrrr1lCt4GselgdooGuofeeimrbudnbrRenydbyoeSeTTr&rmidrGoahTluRroknieoECn,taHdmabSo-meestepTmToo,atrbnaohrpnttygiuo-oaIkeea'gtrnsLnynhchn,Hayt6.deeahw1-r-We,esHtdTidoihihnSicleneottouleuemnsGdrrsiGrteadraebnnbeiasy,d"nyy- CONTENTS // ANIMAL TALES 5 Goldilocks and the Three Bears Unknown Poppet Margot Austin Dr. Dolittle's Pushmi-Pullyu Hugh Lofting lee Robert Lawson The Little Red Hen .... and the Grain of Wheat Retold by Veronica S. Hutchinson The Story of Kattor Georgia Travers In Which Pooh Goes Visiting and Gets Into a Tight Place A. A. Milne The Ugly Duckling Hans Christian Andersen How the Camel Got His Hump Rudyard Kipling The Wolf and the Seven Little Kids Jakob and Wilhelm Grimm . . . The Three Billy Goats Gruff Retold by Gudrun Thorne-Thomsen . . . FABLES 75 The Shepherd Boy and the Wolf Aesop The Fox and the Stork Aesop The Hare and the Tortoise Aesop The Lion and the Mouse Aesop The Crow and the Pitcher Aesop FAIRY TALES 85 .... The Shoemaker and the Elves Jakob and Wilhelm Grimm Sleeping Beauty Jakob and Wilhelm Grimm Rapunzel Jakob and Wilhelm Grimm The Bremen Town Musicians Jakob and Wilhelm Grimm .... Gudbrand-on-the-Hillside Retold by Gudrun Thorne-Thomsen The Emperor's New Clothes Hans Christian Andersen FAVORITES OLD AND NEW 23 1 Little Toot Hardie Gramatky The Little Red Lighthouse and the Great Gray Bridge Hildegarde H. Swift and Lynd Ward . . The House That Jack Built Mother Goose TheTurnip Alexei Tolstoi 142 The Pancake Retold by George Webbe Dasent The Fast Sooner Hound Arna Bontemps and Jack Conroy Feboldson, Western Scientist Walter Blair How They Bring Back the Village of Cream Puffs When the Wind Blows It Away Carl Sandburg Shawneen and the Gander Richard Bennett How Snowed Fur and Rained Fry Cakes It in Western Virginia Mary E. Cober Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp Unknown How She Kept Her Geese Warm Hope Newell TALES FROM OTHER LANDS 207 Talk Harold Courlander and George Herzog Gone Is Gone Retold by Wanda Gag The Five Chinese Brothers Claire Huchet Bishop and Kurt Wiese . ..... The Old Man with the Bump Retold by Yoshiko Uchida Why the Bear Has a Stumpy Tail Retold by George Webbe Dasent . . The Skunk in Tante Odette's Oven Retold by Natalie Savage Carlson . Anansi and the Plantains Philip M. Sherlock The Poppy Seed Cakes Margery Clark MYTHS AND LEGENDS 255 The Touch of Midas Dorothy Durkin Pandora Adapted from Nathaniel Hawthorne The Pygmies Adapted from Nathaniel Hawthorne An Echo and a Flower Dorothy Durkin The Flight of Icarus Sally Benson Persephone Flora T. Cooke Illustration Acknowledgments 286 Author Index 287 'W2&3-'