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Fairy Tales from Brazil

by Elsie Spicer Eells

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  1. 1Preface
  2. 2I — How Night Came
  3. 3II — How the Rabbit Lost His Tail
  4. 4III — How the Toad Got His Bruises
  5. 5IV — How the Tiger Got His Stripes
  6. 6V — Why the Lamb Is Meek
  7. 7VI — Why the Tiger and the Stag — Fear Each Other
  8. 8VII — How the Speckled Hen Got Her Speckles
  9. 9VIII — How the Monkey Became a Trickster
  10. 10IX — How the Monkey and the Goat — Earned Their Reputations
  11. 11X — How the Monkey Got a Drink When He Was Thirsty
  12. 12XI — How the Monkey Got Food When He Was Hungry
  13. 13XII — Why the Bananas Belong to the Monkey
  14. 14XIII — How the Monkey Escaped Being Eaten
  15. 15XIV — Why the Monkey Still Has a Tail
  16. 16XV — How Black Became White
  17. 17XVI — How the Pigeon Became a Tame Bird
  18. 18XVII — Why the Sea Moans
  19. 19XVIII — How the Brazilian Beetles Got — Their Gorgeous Coats

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