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Woodland Tales

by Ernest Thompson Seton

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  1. 1Preface
  2. 2Introduction
  3. 3Things to See in Springtime
  4. 4Tale 2 — The Story of the White Dawnsinger or How the Bloodroot Came
  5. 5Tale 3 — The Prairie-girl With Yellow Hair
  6. 6Tale 4 — The Cat’s-eye Toad, a Child of Maka Ina
  7. 7Tale 5 — How the Bluebird Came
  8. 8Tale 6 — Robin, the Bird That Loves to Make Clay Pots
  9. 9Tale 7 — Brook Brownie, or How the Song Sparrow Got His Streaks
  10. 10Tale 8 — Diablo and the Dogwood
  11. 11Tale 9 — The Woolly-bear
  12. 12Tale 10 — How the Violets Came
  13. 13Tale 11 — Cocoons
  14. 14Tale 12 — Butterflies and Moths
  15. 15Tale 13 — The Mourning-cloak Butterfly, or the Camberwell Beauty
  16. 16Tale 14 — The Wandering Monarch
  17. 17Tale 15 — The Bells of the Solomon Seal
  18. 18Tale 16 — The Silver Bells of the False Solomon Seal
  19. 19Things to See in Summertime
  20. 20Tale 18 — The Pot-herb That Sailed With the Pilgrims
  21. 21Tale 19 — How the Red Clover Got the White Mark on Its Leaves
  22. 22Tale 20 — The Shamrock and Her Three Sisters
  23. 23Tale 21 — The Indian Basket-maker
  24. 24Tale 22 — Crinkleroot; or Who Hid the Salad?
  25. 25Tale 23 — The Mecha-meck
  26. 26Tale 24 — Dutchman’s Breeches
  27. 27Tale 25 — The Seven Sour Sisters
  28. 28Tale 26 — Self-heal or Blue-curls in the Grass
  29. 29Tale 27 — The Four Butterflies You See Every Summer
  30. 30Tale 28 — The Beautiful Poison Caterpillar
  31. 31Tale 29 — The Great Splendid Silk-Moth or Samia Cecropia
  32. 32Tale 30 — The Green Fairy With the Long Train
  33. 33Tale 31 — The Wicked Hoptoad and the Little Yellow Dragon
  34. 34Tale 32 — The Fairy Bird or the Humming-bird Moth
  35. 35Tale 33 — Ribgrass or Whiteman’s-Foot
  36. 36Tale 34 — Jack-in-the-Pulpit
  37. 37Tale 35 — How the Indian Pipe Came
  38. 38Tale 36 — The Cucumber Under the Brownie’s Umbrella
  39. 39Tale 37 — The Hickory Horn-devil
  40. 40Things to See in Autumntime
  41. 41Tale 39 — Why the Chicadee Goes Crazy Twice a Year
  42. 42Tale 40 — The Story of the Quaking Aspen or Poplar
  43. 43Tale 41 — The Witch-hazel
  44. 44Tale 42 — How the Shad Came and How the Chestnut Got Its Burrs
  45. 45Tale 43 — How the Littlest Owl Came
  46. 46Tale 44 — The Wood-witch and the Bog-nuts
  47. 47Tale 45 — The Mud-dauber Wasp
  48. 48Tale 46 — The Cicada and the Katydid
  49. 49Tale 47 — The Digger Wasp That Killed the Cicada
  50. 50Tale 48 — How the Indian Summer Came
  51. 51Things to See in Wintertime
  52. 52Tale 50 — The Pappoose on the Squaw’s Back
  53. 53Tale 51 — Orion the Hunter, and His Fight With the Bull
  54. 54Tale 52 — The Pleiades, That Orion Fired at the Bull
  55. 55Tale 53 — The Twin Stars
  56. 56Tale 54 — Stoutheart and His Black Cravat
  57. 57Tale 55 — Tracks, and the Stories They Tell
  58. 58Tale 56 — A Rabbit’s Story of His Life, Written by Himself
  59. 59Tale 57 — The Singing Hawk
  60. 60Tale 58 — The Fingerboard Goldenrod
  61. 61Tale 59 — Woodchuck Day, February Second Sixth Secret of the Woods
  62. 62Things to Know
  63. 63Tale 61 — Blazes
  64. 64Tale 62 — Totems
  65. 65Tale 63 — Symbols
  66. 66Tale 64 — Sign Language
  67. 67Tale 65 — The Language of Hens
  68. 68Tale 66 — Why the Squirrel Wears a Bushy Tail
  69. 69Tale 67 — Why a Dog Wags His Tail
  70. 70Tale 68 — Why the Dog Turns Around Three Times Before Lying Down
  71. 71Tale 69 — The Deathcup of Diablo
  72. 72Tale 70 — Poison Ivy or the Three-Fingered Demon of the Woods
  73. 73Tale 71 — The Medicine in the Sky
  74. 74Tale 72 — The Angel of the Night
  75. 75Things to Do
  76. 76Tale 74 — The Ox-eye Daisy or Marguerite
  77. 77Tale 75 — A Monkey-hunt
  78. 78Tale 76 — The Horsetail and the Jungle
  79. 79Tale 77 — The Woods in Winter
  80. 80Tale 78 — The Fish and the Pond
  81. 81Tale 79 — Smoke Prints of Leaves
  82. 82Tale 80 — Bird-boxes
  83. 83Tale 81 — A Hunter’s Lamp
  84. 84Tale 82 — The Coon Hunt
  85. 85Tale 83 — The Indian Pot
  86. 86Tale 84 — Snowflakes, the Sixfold Gems of Snowroba
  87. 87Are You Alive?
  88. 88Tale 85 — Farsight
  89. 89Tale 86 — Quicksight
  90. 90Tale 87 — Hearing
  91. 91Tale 88 — Feeling
  92. 92Tale 89 — Quickness
  93. 93Tale 90 — Guessing Length
  94. 94Tale 91 — Aim or Limb-control
  95. 95Tale 92 — A Treasure Hunt
  96. 96Tale 93 — Moving Pictures
  97. 97Tale 94 — A Natural Autograph Album
  98. 98Tale 95 — The Crooked Stick
  99. 99Tale 96 — The Animal Dance of Nana-bo-jou
  100. 100Tale 97 — The Caribou Dance
  101. 101Tale 98 — The Council Robe
  102. 102Things to Remember
  103. 103Tale 100 — The Snowstorm
  104. 104Tale 101 — The Fairy Lamps
  105. 105Tale 102 — The Sweetest Sad Song in the Woods
  106. 106Tale 103 — Springtime, or the Wedding of Maka Ina and el Sol
  107. 107Tale 104 — Running the Council
  108. 108Tale 105 — The Sandpainting of the Fire
  109. 109Tale 106 — The Woodcraft Kalendar
  110. 110Tale 107 — Climbing the Mountain
  111. 111By Mrs. Ernest Thompson Seton (Published by Doubleday, Page & Co.)

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