A Book of Children's LiteratureLillian Hollowell Rinehart, 1955 - 697 pages |
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Page 232
... ANIMALS SECURED FIRE3 A LONG , long time ago all the fire on the earth was owned by two old women . They kept it in a little mat house and would not let a spark escape . The animal people were shivering with cold and were sick from ...
... ANIMALS SECURED FIRE3 A LONG , long time ago all the fire on the earth was owned by two old women . They kept it in a little mat house and would not let a spark escape . The animal people were shivering with cold and were sick from ...
Page 358
... animals became stereotyped ; they were represented as symbols of hu- man vices and virtues - hence the fable and the beast epic , in which the animals talked and reasoned like human beings . They were given man's common sense , courage ...
... animals became stereotyped ; they were represented as symbols of hu- man vices and virtues - hence the fable and the beast epic , in which the animals talked and reasoned like human beings . They were given man's common sense , courage ...
Page 359
... animal and nature stories approximate their present popularity . A spirited controversy arose among several of these writers concerning the manner of portraying animals . Some were accused of attributing the whole human psychology to the ...
... animal and nature stories approximate their present popularity . A spirited controversy arose among several of these writers concerning the manner of portraying animals . Some were accused of attributing the whole human psychology to the ...
Contents
HISTORICAL SUMMARY OF CHILDRENS | 96 |
William Pène du Bois 1917 | 199 |
FABLES | 214 |
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