Fairy Tales Told in the Bush

Fairy Tales Told in the Bush

Of these Fairy Tales told to children in the Australian bush, The Magic Gun and The Underground River, are original, but the others have been brought from the old country, not in book form, but in the memory of a lover of fairies and children. The Origin of the Yarra Yarra was told to the writer by old King Barak, the last King of the Yarra tribe, a few days before his death. These tales, as told here, charmed the writer in the Sixties when Melbourne was a place of bush and swamp. They now charm little slum children in the so-called slum parts of the city of Melbourne, The Palace of Truth and The Magic Gun being always asked for when stories are to be told. [vi] [vii] [viii] [1] [2] THE BOY GREW BOLD AND BEGAN TO READ. [3] The little man in brown, or the boy who lied. Long, long ago in the days when there were no schools, there lived a man and his wife and their only child. He was a bright, clever boy, and his parents were very ambitious for their dear boy, and wished him to become a great and renowned man. They saw that the children who could not read or write, but who just played all day long, had to go to work while still very young, and were generally so stupid that they could never earn much money; so they determined to let their boy have an education, and be able, later on, to have an easier life than they themselves had ever enjoyed. They worked early and late and saved every penny, even when their boy was still a baby, and by the time he was old enough to learn, they had saved enough money to pay a learned man who lived in the town to teach the boy. Boy he[4] was always called, and I am very glad there is no other name for him, because of his bad ending. ......Buy Now (To Read More)

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Ebook Number: 64310
Author: Agnes, Sister
Release Date: Jan 16, 2021
Format: eBook
Language: English