The Crab That Played With the Sea
BEFORE the High and Far-Off Times, O my Best Beloved, came the Time of the Very Beginnings; and that was in the days when the Eldest Magician was getting …
Children’s Stories Archive
How the Alphabet Was Made
THE week after Taffimai Metallumai (we will still call her Taffy, Best Beloved) made that little mistake about her Daddy’s spear and the Stranger-man and the picture-letter and all, …
How the First Letter Was Written
ONCE upon a most early time was a Neolithic man. He was not a Jute or an Angle, or even a Dravidian, which he might well have been, Best …
The Beginning of the Armadillos
THIS, O Best Beloved, is another story of the High and Far-Off Times. In the very middle of those times was a Stickly-Prickly Hedgehog, and he lived on the …
The Sing-Song of Old Man Kangaroo
NOT always was the Kangaroo as now we do behold him, but a Different Animal with four short legs. He was grey and he was woolly, and his pride …
The Elephant's Child
IN the High and Far-Off Times the Elephant, O Best Beloved, had no trunk. He had only a blackish, bulgy nose, as big as a boot, that he could …
How the Leopard Got His Spots
IN the days when everybody started fair, Best Beloved, the Leopard lived in a place called the High Veldt. ‘Member it wasn’t the Low Veldt, or the Bush Veldt, …
How the Rhinoceros Got His Skin
ONCE upon a time, on an uninhabited island on the shores of the Red Sea, there lived a Parsee from whose hat the rays of the sun were reflected …
How the Camel Got His Hump
In the beginning of years, when the world was so new and all, and the Animals were just beginning to work for Man, there was a Camel, and he …
How the Whale Got His Throat
IN the sea, once upon a time, O my Best Beloved, there was a Whale, and he ate fishes. He ate the starfish and the garfish, and the crab …
Várias Contos
Conto nº 1 – E APAIXONANDO-SE Uma estranha caixa musical abriu-se, de lá saiu uma bela canção sem voz vindo do ano de 1989, adorável mas ao mesmo tempo …