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Sister Agnes
Fairy Tales Told in the Bush
Published by Good Press, 2021
EAN 4066338091017
Table of Contents
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PREFACE
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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.
ILLUSTRATIONS
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PAGE Each wall was covered with shelves, and each shelf was full of books The boy grew bold and began to read 2 The sale of the bull 11 Barak telling the story of the Magic Gun 20 Eating the berries 30 The fish gave a flap, a jump, and reached the water 45 Barak snatched the honeycomb away, and put it in his mouth 50 Finding the footprint of the “Shining One” 56 The Man in the Moon 60 Marie finding the man 67 Marie going to the Moon 69 They came in sight of an enormous tree, upon which grew golden apples 74 The toys running away 82