Does it not seem strange that the slender, delicate sprays of which we have been speaking are really animals; and more than that, the children of jelly-fish? A little girl once exclaimed, on hearing of these wonderful changes that happen in the life of hydroids, "Why, it seems almost like a fairy tale!"
THE TALKING LEAVES.[1]
An Indian Story.
BY WILLIAM O. STODDARD.
Chapter XXIII.
very one of the ordinary rules and regulations for the government of an Indian village was knocked in pieces by the victory over the Lipans. Even Mother Dolores could not reasonably have forbidden Ni-ha-be and Rita from hurrying out of their lodge to join in the general rejoicings.
"Rita, there is Knotted Cord."