“With a great roar an army of them came leaping down to the river bank.”


SOUTH AMERICAN JUNGLE TALES

BY

HORACIO QUIROGA

Authorized translation from the Spanish (Cuentos de la Seloa)

by Arthur Livingston

ILLUSTRATED BY

A. L. RIPLEY

New York

DUFFIELD AND COMPANY

1922


Copyright, 1922 by

DUFFIELD AND COMPANY

Printed in U. S. A.


CONTENTS

[How the Rays Defended the Ford]

[The Story of Two Raccoon Cubs and Two Man Cubs]

[The Parrot That Lost Its Tail]

[The Blind Doe]

[The Alligator War]

[How the Flamingoes Got Their Stockings]

[The Lazy Bee]

[The Giant Tortoise’s Golden Rule]


ILLUSTRATIONS

[“With a great roar an army of them came leaping down to the river bank”]

[“Nice bird! Nice bird!” he growled. “Please come a little closer”]

[“The flamingoes ... hopped down to the river, and waded out ... to relieve their pain”]

[“He could not help feeling sorry for the poor turtle ...”]