The Hare Who Thought the World Had Come to an End _H. N. Francis_ 430 A Hindoo Tale translated from the Jataka The Watering of the Saplings _Rev. W. H. D. Rouse_ 433 A Hindoo Tale translated from the Jataka The Old Hare and the Elephants _Sir Edwin Arnold_ 434 A Hindoo Tale translated from the Hitopadeca The Elephant Has a Bet With the Tiger _Walter Skeat_ 436 A Tale from the Malay Peninsula How the Tortoise Out-Ran the Deer _C. F. Hartt_ 441 A Tale from the Amazon River Which was the Stronger, the Tortoise, the Tapir, or the Whale? _C. F. Hartt_ 444 A Tale from the Amazon River How the Turtle Got His Shell _Annie Ker_ 446 A Tale from New Guinea The Legend of Rata _Sir George Grey_ 450 A Maori Myth Why the Hippopotamus Lives in the Water _Elphinstone Dayrell_ 455 A West African Myth Why the Elephant Has Small Eyes _Elphinstone Dayrell_ 457 A West African Myth The Boy Who Set a Snare for the Sun _H. R. Schoolcraft_ 460 An American Indian Myth The Bird Lover _Cornelius Mathews_ 465 Wunzh, the Father of Indian Corn _Cornelius Mathews_ 479 When Brer Wolf Have His Corn Shucking _Anonymous_ 487 A Tale told by the Georgia Negroes Brer Rabbit’s Cool Air Swing _Anonymous_ 490 A Tale told by the Georgia Negroes THREE STORIES OF THE SEASONS The Four Seasons _Lillian M. Gask_ 493 The Three Lemons _Lillian M. Gask_ 500 The Winter-Spirit and His Visitor _Cornelius Mathews_ 512 ILLUSTRATIONS AH, NAUGHTY PANDORA! The Paradise of Children _Frontispiece illustration in color from the painting by Maxfield Parrish_ THEY WOULD SWOOP DOWN AND BEAR HIS LIFELESS BODY TO VALHALLA Brunhilda and the Magic Sword _From the painting by K. Dielitz_ TENDERLY HE LOOKED AT HER, AND SLOWLY KISSED HER ON BOTH EYES Brunhilda’s Sleep Guarded by Loki’s Fiery Arm _From the painting by K. Dielitz_ SIEGFRIED SLAYS THE DRAGON How Siegfried Killed the Dragon _From the painting by K. Dielitz_ “THROUGH HEAVEN’S VICTORY, THY LIFE IS MINE!” Lohengrin the Champion of Elsa of Brabant _From the painting by Ferdinand Leeke_ AS HE ENTERED THE VILLAGE, HE MET A NUMBER OF PEOPLE NONE OF WHOM HE KNEW