Of all Carl Ewald’s stories Two-Legs has always been your favourite. Now that I am reissuing it, amplified by four chapters which did not appear in the original edition, it is only fit that I should dedicate this translation, with my love, to you.

A. T. de M.

Chelsea, 2 September, 1921.

CONTENTS

ProloguePage
[THE STORY OF THE FAIRY-TALE]
Chapter
I.THE OLD ANIMALS[15]
II.MRS. TWO-LEGS HAS A SON[27]
III.TWO-LEGS KILLS[33]
IV.TIME PASSES[45]
V.TWO-LEGS ENLARGES HIS POSSESSIONS[55]
VI.TWO-LEGS WANDERS[61]
VII.TWO-LEGS SOWS[69]
VIII.TWO-LEGS ENJOYS LIFE[77]
IX.THE OLD ANIMALS TAKE COUNSEL[85]
X.THE LION[93]
XI.MANY YEARS AFTER[99]
XII.TWO-LEGS CONQUERS THE WIND[105]
XIII.TWO-LEGS CONQUERS STEAM[117]
XIV.TWO-LEGS CONQUERS ELECTRICITY[133]
XV.TWO-LEGS’ FUTURE[157]