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Identifier: cu31924029932617 (find matches)
Title: Beasts and men
Year: 1918 (1910s)
Authors: Boschère, Jean de, 1878-1953
Subjects: Folklore
Publisher: New York : Dodd, Mead & Co.
Contributing Library: Cornell University Library
Digitizing Sponsor: MSN

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l up and up he soared, exalting in his strength and power,until the birds flying far below were hidden by the clouds.Then he hung for a moment, motionless on extended winigs,for he was a little wearied by his efforts. AH of a sudden he heard, above his head, a tiny twit^ttoit, ttvtt, and looking up, saw, to his surprise, the goldeii-crested wren, one of the smallest of the birds, flying merrilyabove him. I have outdistanced you. I am king! I am king ! cried the wren in his joy. We will see, said the eagle grimly; and onCe againhe beat his mighty wings and soared. At the end of a further five minutes, he stopped again,only to hear, as before, the wrens cheerful twitter abovehim. Again and again the same thing happened. Try ashe might, the eagle could not outdistance the tiny bird, andat last, worn out with his exertions, he was obliged to ^veup the contest, and to descend, crestfallen, to the earth m. And how did the little wren, which is certainly not famed 112 BIRDS GOING TO THE RACE
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THE KING OF THE BIRDS for its powers of flight, come to be able to defeat the mightyeagle ? By a very simple trick ! When the eagle startedon its flight the wren was safely perched upon his back.There he clung until the eagle stopped flying, when it wasan easy matter to rise from his place and fly a yard or twohigher. When the eagle began to fly again, the wren again

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