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| The Story of the First Humming-bird. |
| Part I. The Great Fire-mountain | [1] |
| Part II. The Frolic of the Flames | [4] |
| Part III. The Bird of Flame | [7] |
| The Story of the First Butterflies | [10] |
| The Story of the First Woodpecker | [13] |
| Why the Woodpecker's Head is Red | [15] |
| Why the Cat always falls upon her Feet | [19] |
| Why the Swallow's Tail is Forked | [23] |
| Why the White Hares have Black Ears | [28] |
| Why the Magpie's Nest is not well built | [31] |
| Why the Raven's Feathers are Black | [34] |
| How Fire was brought to the Indians. |
| Part I. Seizing the Firebrand | [36] |
| Part II. The Firebrand in the Forest | [40] |
| Part III. The Firebrand in the Pond | [41] |
| How the Quail became a Snipe | [43] |
| Why the Serpent sheds his Skin | [47] |
| Why the Dove is Timid | [50] |
| Why the Parrot repeats the Words of Men | [52] |
| The Story of the First Mocking-bird | [56] |
| Why the Tail of the Fox has a White Tip | [60] |
| The Story of the First Frogs | [64] |
| Why the Rabbit is Timid | [68] |
| Why the Peetweet cries for Rain | [70] |
| Why the Bear has a Short Tail | [72] |
| Why the Wren flies Close to the Earth | [76] |
| Why the Hoofs of the Deer are Split | [79] |
| The Story of the First Grasshopper | [83] |
| The Story of the Oriole | [86] |
| Why the Peacock's Tail has a Hundred Eyes | [89] |
| The Story of the Bees and the Flies | [93] |
| The Story of the First Moles | [96] |
| The Story of the First Ants | [98] |
| The Face of the Manito | [103] |
| The Story of the First Diamonds | [107] |
| The Story of the First Pearls | [111] |
| The Story of the First Emeralds | [114] |
| Why the Evergreen Trees never lose their Leaves | [118] |
| Why the Aspen Leaves tremble | [122] |
| How the Blossoms came to the Heather | [125] |
| How Flax was given to Men | [128] |
| Why the Juniper has Berries | [133] |
| Why the Sea is Salt | [135] |
| The Story of the First Whitefish | [138] |
| Was it the First Turtle? | [142] |
| Why the Crocodile has a Wide Mouth | [145] |
| The Story of the Picture on the Vase | [150] |
| Why the Water in Rivers is never Still | [155] |
| How the Raven helped Men | [160] |
| The Story of the Earth and Sky | [165] |
| How Summer came to the Earth. |
| Part I. | [169] |
| Part II. | [172] |
| The Story of the First Snowdrops | [175] |
| Why the Face of the Moon is White | [179] |
| Why all Men love the Moon | [184] |
| Why there is a Hare in the Moon | [188] |
| The Children in the Moon | [193] |
| Why there is a Man in the Moon | [197] |
| The Twin Stars | [200] |
| The Lantern and the Fan | [204] |
| Vocabulary | [211] |