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Famous Fables

The Farmer’s Horse

O ne wintry afternoon, a kind farmer was doing the rounds,
feeding and checking on all his animals.

He decided to take his favourite sheepdog’s new puppy with him, so that
the little dog could get used to the strange sights, sounds and smells of the
farmyard. First, they checked on the sheep in the meadow. The frisky little pup
barked with excitement when they greeted him with a chorus of baaas and
he tried to herd them, just like he had seen his mummy do.

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Then they checked on the chickens, The farmer fed the mare well and
and the pup sniffed at them excitedly always gave her plenty of attention –
and wagged his tail – but ran away more than any other farm animal.
whenever they pecked near his feet.

Next, they checked on the cows and

When the farmer appeared with the
when they all gave a loud mooo,
excitable puppy at his heel, the mare
the pup hid behind the farmer’s legs,
wondered what this new little creature
peeping out every now and again.
might be. The farmer patted the horse
Finally, they came to the stables on the nose and said hello to the
where the farmer kept his favourite stable boy, who was busily
horse – she was a splendid chestnut- moving hay with his
brown mare with a long, glossy mane. pitchfork.
She would often carry the farmer to
town, clip-clopping along the road,
proudly swishing her silky mane.

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Then, rather than fussing over his yap and jumped onto the farmer’s lap,
mare as usual, the farmer sat down where the farmer fed him treats and
on a bale of hay. As soon as he did stroked the little dog’s tummy.
so, the playful little pup pranced and
“So this is how I get all the attention
frisked around on its back legs, then
now!” thought the farmer’s horse,
ran circles around the farmer’s feet.
and she broke loose from her stable,
The farmer and stable boy chuckled reared onto her hind legs and began
to see the puppy so excited, and they to dance about just as she had seen
stroked behind his ears and patted the puppy do.
his head. Enjoying the attention, the
cheeky pup let out a high-pitched

TRY IT!
In this story, the horse pretends
to be a puppy. Pretend to be
an animal using only actions and
no sounds – can your friends or
family guess what you are?
The farmer and stable boy doubled over with his pitchfork and shouted at
over with laughter at the sight, which the horse to get down. The horse was
encouraged the mare to dance and led into her stable again and put in
prance even more. Then, when the a harness. She didn’t get any treats
horse couldn’t hold herself up any or fuss that night – and the farmer was
longer, she placed her hooves on the quite afraid to ride her.
farmer’s shoulders and tried to climb
That day, the farmer’s horse learnt
up onto his lap!
that it’s better to win the affection and
The little dog yelped and, fearing that admiration of others by being yourself,
the farmer and his new puppy would rather than by copying someone else.
be crushed, the stable boy rushed

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Poems and Rhymes

The Camel’s
Hump by Rudyard Kipling

T
he Camel’s hump is an ugly lump
Which well you may see at the Zoo;
But uglier yet is the hump we get
From having too little to do.

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 iddies and grown-ups too-oo-oo,

K If we haven’t enough to do-oo-oo,

We get the hump - Cameelious hump -
The hump that is black and blue!

We climb out of bed with a frouzly head,

And a snarly-yarly voice.
We shiver and scowl and we grunt and we growl
At our bath and our boots and our toys;

And there ought to be a corner for me

(And I know there is one for you)
When we get the hump - Cameelious hump -
The hump that is black and blue!

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 he cure for this ill is not to sit still,

T Or frowst with a book by the fire;

But to take a large hoe and a shovel also,
And dig till you gently perspire;

And then you will find that the sun and the wind,
And the Djinn of the Garden too,
Have lifted the hump - the horrible hump -
The hump that is black and blue!

I get it as well as you-oo-oo

If I haven’t enough to do-oo-oo!
We all get the hump - Cameelious hump -
Kiddies and grown-ups too!

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 Word Wise
Did you know that ‘djinn’ is another word for genie?
And have you heard the words ‘frowst’ or ‘frouzly’ before?
‘Frowst’ means to sit in a hot, stuffy room, and ‘frouzly’ was
invented by Rudyard Kipling. We think it means fuzzy
and tired – what do you think?

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Storyteller’s Corner

Cat and Mouse

Y ou might not believe it, but there was once a tabby cat,
who decided to make friends with the little grey mouse
who lived just around the corner.

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someone’s doorstep. “That will be They promised each other that they
perfect for winter!” she thought, and wouldn’t touch it until they absolutely
the smart little mouse tipped the pot needed it.
over and rolled it all the way to the
cat’s house.
A few weeks went by and the cat
The cat was delighted. “We must
found that she couldn’t stop thinking
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about the cream. She longed for it
This will keep us going all winter.”
so badly that, one morning, she said
They both thought long and hard.
to the mouse, “I forgot to mention,
“I’ve got just the place!” said the
my cousin has had a kitten and they
mouse. “Let’s hide it under the altar
invited me to the christening at the
in the church at the end of the
church today. Do you mind if I go?”
street. Nobody ever looks there!”
“Of course not!” said the mouse. “You
And so the pair rolled the heavy pot
go and enjoy yourself and, if you see
down the street, all the way up the
anything good to eat, bring me back
aisle of the church, and then tucked
a crumb or two!”
it away under the altar.
The cat said goodbye, then stalked The cat hesitated for a second then
up the street to the church, crept up said, “Oh, mmm... Top-Off.”
the aisle and sneaked under the altar.
“Top-Off?” laughed the mouse. “What
She peeled back the lid of the pot and
an unusual name!”
licked the thickest, creamiest bit off the
top. It was even more delicious than
she had imagined! She spent the rest
of the day lazing in a sunny spot on A few weeks passed and the cat
the church roof, licking her whiskers. found herself thinking about the pot
of cream again, so she said to the
When she returned in the evening, the mouse, “I’ve just heard that another
mouse said, “You look like you’ve had of my cousins has had a kitten and
fun! Was it a good day?” it’s being christened today. Would
you mind if I went?”
“Indeed it was,” grinned the cat.

“What did they call their kitten?”

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“Not at all!” said the mouse. “You “Hmm… Half-Empty,” said the cat.
enjoy yourself; I’ll tidy up here.”
“Half-Empty!” exclaimed the mouse.
“Oh, I will!” smiled the cunning cat, “I’ve never heard of such a strange
and she set off for the church again. name!” But the good-natured mouse
didn’t think too much of it.
Hiding under the altar, she peeled
the top off the cream once more and
devoured half the pot. “Scrumptious,”
Life was normal for a few weeks and
purred the cat, and she curled up in
the cat and mouse lived together in
a cosy spot and fell asleep.
harmony, but it was starting to get
She went home with a full belly later chilly and the cat’s thoughts turned
that day and the little mouse asked, again to the pot of cream.
“Did it go well?”
“It tastes so much better because I
“Oh, very well,” replied the cat. don’t have to share it,” she thought,
and her mouth began to water.
“And what did they call the kitten?”

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believe that another of my cousins to the house, where the mouse greeted
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“And what did they call their special
“How lovely!” said the mouse. “Off
kitten? Paws? Mittens? Boots?”
you go – I’ll see you later. The house
will be neat and tidy when you return.” The cat sighed and thought for a
moment, then replied, “All-Gone.”
The greedy cat slinked away to the
church where, once again, she hid “All-Gone?” puzzled the little mouse.
beneath the altar and polished off “Such an odd name for a sweet little
what was left of their precious kitten!” But the mouse trusted her
pot of cream. It took friend, so she said no more.
quite some time
Answer: There are 9 mice.

to lick her
whiskers A whole month went by without any
clean. christenings, but the nights were
drawing in, the days were colder
and it was getting harder to hunt for “All those visits to the church… Top-Off,
food. Every teeny morsel found by Half-Empty and All-Gone. How silly I
the cat and mouse was shared have been to trust you!”
between the two of them.
“Yes,” agreed the cat, “and now I’ve
One chilly night, the mouse’s tummy had quite enough of sharing my food
was rumbling so much, she cried, with you, so I’m going to eat you too!”
“Dear cat, I think it’s time we paid a
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visit to our special pot of cream – we
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long enough.”
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with the cat following close behind. in the blink of a cat’s eye, she made
When she reached the altar and her escape through the church door.
found the empty cream pot, the Needless to say, she
mouse realised that she never made friends
had been a fool. with a cat
again!
“Of course,” she
sighed, sadly.
Count It!
How many little grey
mice are hiding on this
page? Write your answer
in the box.
Around the World Tales

Maui Goes Fishing

M aui’s four older brothers never let him join in their fun. One
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in their special canoe.

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at him and teased him. “One day, little tiddler, but not today. There isn’t enough
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with a plan to use his magic. When the water was teeming with life.
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an enchanted jawbone by the ocean
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spirits. He hid it in a secret box.
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concealing himself inside a basket. to shore right now!”

Did You Know?

In Maori legend, when Maui was
born, his mother Taranga wrapped
him in a length of her hair and
threw him into the sea, where he
was raised by ocean spirits. When
he returned, he lived with his
family on the mythical island of
Hawaiki, before the Maori people
all moved to the North Island.

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The brothers took up their paddles

again, but Maui wished on his magic
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brothers were so tired, they gave up.
felt a powerful tug on his line. The
“Keep out of our way, pipsqueak,” tug was so strong that Maui feared
they grumbled, and the brothers cast he might be dragged into the water.
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four brothers dashed towards Maui
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just as the canoe was about to
of the canoe, sure that his brothers
capsize and, together, they heaved
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and tugged with all their might until –
wouldn’t know what he was up to –
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then he quietly dropped the mystical
hunk of land surfaced before them.
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Maui was worried that the ocean themselves – and this is why New
spirits would be angry with him for Zealand’s North Island is so craggy
catching the island, so he dived into and mountainous.
the sea to ask for their forgiveness.
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Before he went, he asked his brothers
out North Island, Maui became famous
to guard his brilliant catch.
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peace, his greedy brothers started to this day, the North Island of New
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land, trying to claim little bits of it for Maui – or Maui’s Fish.

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Favourite Fairy Tales

Sleeping
Beauty

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O nce upon a time, a king
and queen longed for a
daughter with all their hearts.
– the mean old crone – stormed into
the hall in a terrible rage.

“How dare you not invite me!” she

When at last the queen gave screeched at the king and queen. “My
birth to a bonny baby girl, gift to your daughter is a curse – when
everyone celebrated. she has turned fifteen, she will prick
her finger on a spindle and die!”
The king was so overjoyed that he The thirteenth fairy disappeared in a
decided to host a great banquet – cloud of thick black smoke and the
the grandest there had ever been. entire court gasped with horror.
He invited all the fairies in the land, The queen turned ghostly
except for one. She was a miserable pale with fright.
old crone who hadn’t been seen for so
long, everyone thought she had died.

The banquet was a huge

success and a splendid
time was had by all.
Everyone thought the
new princess was the
sweetest baby they had ever seen.

As the night drew to a close, the

twelve fairies stepped forward to
present the little princess with some
special gifts, as was their custom. The
first fairy gave her the gift of courage,
the second gave her intelligence, the
third gave her kindness, and so on,
until the newborn was blessed with
many of the most desirable virtues.
But just as the twelfth fairy was about
to present her gift, the thirteenth fairy
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 However, there was still hope, as the Inside the room, there was an old
twelfth fairy had not yet granted her lady, spinning flax on a spindle, who
gift. “With my powers, I can make sure was really the cruel thirteenth fairy in
that the princess doesn’t die,” she said. disguise. The princess had never seen
“Instead, she will fall into a deep sleep a spindle before and was keen to try
that lasts for one hundred years and her hand at spinning, but, as soon as
will be broken by true love’s kiss.” she touched the spindle, she pricked
her finger and immediately slumped
The next morning, the king and queen
to the floor in a deep sleep.
issued a decree that every spindle in
the kingdom should be burnt. They The wicked fairy disappeared at once,
hoped that this would put an end to and, as she did so, she used her cruel
the terrible curse that hung over their magic to spread her curse across the
beloved daughter. whole palace.

In time, people even forgot about the The king, who had just returned from
curse – and the princess grew up to a hunt, fell asleep next to his horse in
be every bit as brave, kind-hearted, the stable – and all the horses in the
talented and charming, as you would stable fell asleep too. The queen fell
expect a girl blessed by fairies to be. asleep while sitting on her throne.
The cook in the kitchen dropped the
chicken she had been plucking and
But, one day, just after she had started to snore. A maid dropped the
turned fifteen, her curiosity got the dishes she was washing and fell into
better of her and, while exploring the a slumber. The dogs in the courtyard
castle, she found a spiral staircase and even the doves on the roof all
she had never seen before. It led to fell asleep too.
a small room at the top of a turret.

Write It!
What other gifts do you think the fairies gave
Sleeping Beauty? Can you write down 10 of them?
What talents or virtues would you like to have?
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Spot It!
Can you find these three
close-up images in the picture?
Tick the boxes when you find them!
 Did You
Know?
In some old versions of this
fairy tale, Sleeping Beauty’s
name is Little Briar Rose.
Can you think up a name
for her prince?

As the years passed, a tall, thorny “Only a fool would dare to enter the
hedge grew up around the castle, forest, for the thorns will trap them
so that you could only just see its there forever!” said the innkeeper.
highest turret poking out above it.
“I’m not afraid,” said the prince – who
Occasionally, daring adventurers, loved a challenge – and he set off
who had heard tales of a beautiful in the direction of the hidden castle,
princess trapped inside a lost castle determined to save the mysterious
in a hundred-year sleep, would princess from her endless slumber.
attempt to hack their way through
the thorns – but they didn’t get far.
When he reached the edge of the
At last, when the hundred years were
thorny forest, he drew his sword to
almost over, a prince was travelling
cut his way through and was surprised
through the kingdom and stopped
to see the thorns turn into wild roses,
at a local inn for refreshments. Over
and the tangled branches separate
lunch, the innkeeper told him the
to clear a path before him.
legend of the cursed princess.
He walked through the forest to opened her eyes – as did the king,
the castle and was amazed by the the queen, the cook, the maids, the
strange sight before him – everyone horses, the dogs and the doves.
from the stable boys to the king
Indeed, everyone in the castle sprang
himself was fast asleep.
suddenly to life and every room was
He walked past the sleeping queen filled with noisy laughter and chatter,
on the throne, his footsteps echoing as people stretched and yawned and
loudly in the silence, and at last, he wondered how on earth they had
found the princess, who truly was a ended up on the floor.
Sleeping Beauty.
The prince took Sleeping Beauty by
In fact, the prince found himself so the hand and led her to the throne
in awe, he couldn’t help but kiss room, where she was reunited with
her. In that very moment when his her mother and father – and they all
lips touched hers, Sleeping Beauty lived happily ever after.

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Myths and Legends

The Golden Staff

L ong ago, at the dawn of time, the most powerful god of all,
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Though he gave them voices and crops to harvest, the people had no skills –
they didn’t know how to make clothes or build houses. They couldn’t read or
write or cook – so, for a long time, they lived like animals.

The sun god, Inti, looked down on the people and he felt pity for them, so
he decided that the cleverest of his four sons and his daughter should
rule over everyone and teach them how to live in a better way.
Their names were Manco Cápac and Mama Ocllo.

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“Teach them how to live together in As the sun rose the next morning,
harmony and help them to build a Inti took Manco Cápac and Mama
great civilisation,” he told his children. Ocllo to the Isla del Sol, an island in
“Be a father and mother to them all.” the centre of Lake Titicaca in Bolivia,
where he was born. “Begin your
And he handed them a magical
journey here, my children.”
golden staff that shone like the sun.

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where this golden staff sinks deep However, Manco Cápac and Mama
into the ground with just one blow. Ocllo didn’t realise that their three
There, you must build a great city – brothers were deeply jealous of the
this place will be the centre of your important task they had been given,
W]`ZbW ç^V Y_]W d_ ç ]çX^ZÄUW^d ce^ and they wanted to rule the new
temple, where the people can come empire all by themselves. Just as
and worship me,” said Inti. Manco Cápac and Mama Ocllo set
out on their journey, the brothers
stepped out of a nearby cave.

There really was an amazing sun temple in Cusco, Peru. It was

called the Qurikancha and was famous for its beauty. It was said
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it in the 16th century, they knocked it down and built a cathedral
on top of it. This was the beginning of the end for the Incan Empire.
 Manco Cápac and Mama Ocllo a single shot of my sling – and that’s
thought that their siblings had come far more fun than hanging around
to help them, so they greeted their with these fools!” And Ayar Cachi
brothers warmly and set out together destroyed a hill with his slingshot,
to teach the people. But they hadn’t injuring the people who lived there.
gone far when one of their brothers,
Manco Cápac was so angered by his
Ayar Cachi, made fun of the humans.
brother’s foolishness and destruction,
“What idiots!” he sneered. “Look at he used his powers to send Ayar
them. Who would want to teach such Cachi back to the cave where he
dumb beasts? What a waste of my came from, and sealed him inside.
powers! I can knock down hills with

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On seeing this, the second brother, 5^V c_ çc <^dZ Äbcd Z^dW^VWV _^æè
Ayar Uchu, grew fearful of Manco Manco Cápac and Mama Ocllo
Cápac’s strength. “Perhaps I will go remained. The brother and sister
back to the cave and look after the travelled far and wide, uniting many
people from there.” And he ran back different tribes of people, teaching
to the cave as quickly as he could. them how to build their own homes
When Inti, the sun god, saw this, he and villages, how to farm and weave
turned Ayar Uchu into stone to and cook, and how to read and write.
punish him for his cowardice.

The third brother, Ayar Auca,

was, by now, quaking with
fear. He ran off into the Make It!
forest and was never Use clay or playdough to make
seen again! your own little people, just like
Viracocha did. Can you make
them sit and stand and dance?
Imagine they are a new race of
people. What would you need
to teach them to help
them survive?
A great civilisation grew around them Inside, there was a golden wall with a
and the people loved their leaders, spectacular carving of the sun, which
Manco Cápac and Mama Ocllo. lit up the whole temple. They called
the temple the Sun House.
After many years of travelling and
teaching, they reached a place called With Inti’s temple in place, Manco
Cusco in a river valley in Peru. Here, Cápac and Mama Ocllo set to work
as in many places before, Manco building a great city around it and a
Cápac tried to drive the golden staff palace for themselves. From there,
into the soil and found that, at last, it they ruled over the city they had
sank into the ground with great ease. created and all the people around
it – and that is how the Incan empire
In an instant, a stunning temple to the
came to be.
sun god, Inti, sprang up before them
– it had walls of glittering gold and a
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Gulliver’s Travels By Jonathan Swift

A ll my life, I knew I wanted to travel so, at 14, I became an

apprentice to an important surgeon in London and I studied
to be a doctor, knowing it would be useful in long voyages.

A few years later, I accepted an offer from Captain William Prichard, master of the
Antelope, who was making a voyage to the South Sea. We set sail from Bristol in
May 1699, and, at first, our voyage was very prosperous. But on our passage, we
met a violent storm. Twelve of our crew died and the rest were very weak.

On the fifth of November, which was the beginning of summer in those parts, the
seamen spied a rock, and the wind was so strong, we were driven into it.
The ship immediately split in two! Six of the crew – me
included – let down a boat into the sea and tried
to escape. We rowed till we were able
to row no longer, and the boat
was overturned by a
sudden wind.
What became of my companions, I I was extremely tired and, with that
cannot tell, but I swam where fortune and the heat, I found myself needing
directed me, being pushed forward to sleep. I lay on the grass, which was
by the wind and the tide. very short and soft, and I slept sounder
than I ever have in my life.
I often let my legs drop, but couldn’t
feel the bottom. When I was able to
struggle no longer, I found myself When I awoke, it was just daylight.
within my depth. By this time, the I tried to get up, but I wasn’t able to
storm had died down. stir because my arms and legs were

The water was so shallow that I had

walked almost a mile before I got to
the shore. I couldn’t see any sign of
houses or inhabitants; or perhaps Did You Know?
The land where Gul
I was so weak, I just didn’t notice. liver landed is calle
Lilliput and the little d
people are ‘Lilliput
people still use that ia n’ –
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ground; and my hair, which was long Then I felt at least forty more of
and thick, was tied down. I felt several the same kind following the first!
thin cords across my body, from my
armpits to my thighs.
I was astonished, and roared so loud
I heard a confused noise about me;
that they all ran backwards in fright;
but, in the position I was lying, I could
and some of them, I was later told,
see nothing except the sky. Soon, I
were hurt by leaping to the ground.
felt something moving on my left leg,
However, they soon returned, and
which, walked gently over my chest,
one of them, who ventured up to my
and came almost up to my chin. I
face, cried in a shrill voice, “Hekinah
craned my eyes down as much as I
degul!” The others repeated it, but I
could, and saw a tiny human, just six
didn’t know what they meant.
inches high, with a bow and arrow in
his hands, and a quiver at his back. Struggling to get loose, I was lucky
enough to break the strings and

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 wrench out the pegs that fastened I decided to lie still, and wait till night,
my left arm to the ground. Lifting it up when I could easily free myself. As
to my face, I realised how they had for the inhabitants, I believed I was
tied me up and, with a violent pull, I a good match for their greatest army.
loosened the strings that tied down
my hair on the left, so that I was able
to turn my head a little. When the people saw I was quiet, they
stopped firing their arrows, but by the
The creatures ran off a second time
noise I heard, I knew there were more
and I heard one of them cry, “Tolgo
of them. Near my right ear I heard a
phonac.” In an instant, I felt about a
knocking sound for about an hour.
hundred arrows land on my left hand,
which pricked me like needles. They When I turned my head, I saw a small
shot another flight into the air, and stage, with two or three ladders to
many must have fallen on my body mount it. From there, someone – who
(though I didn’t feel them). seemed important – cried out three
times, “Langro debul san.”
When the shower of arrows was over,
I groaned with pain, and tried to get Immediately, about fifty inhabitants
loose again, but they fired some more cut the strings that fastened the left
arrows, and some of them tried to side of my head, so I could turn and
stick me with spears. Fortunately, see the speaker. He was middle-aged
I was wearing a leather waistcoat, and tall. He made a speech, which I
which they couldn’t pierce. didn’t understand at all.

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I answered politely, but I was famished with hunger, as
I hadn’t eaten for hours. I put my finger to my mouth
to signify that I wanted food. The hurgo (for that is
what they call a great lord, I learnt afterwards)
understood me very well. He commanded that
several ladders should be leant up my sides
and over a hundred inhabitants climbed up
and walked towards my mouth, laden with
baskets of meat. I ate two or three baskets
at a time, and three loaves at a time, which
were about the size of bullets. The people
showed great wonder and astonishment
at my size and appetite. I then made
another sign that I wanted drink.

They knew that a small quantity would not

be enough; so they got their largest barrel
and rolled it towards my hand. I drank it down
in one. When I had performed these wonders,
they shouted for joy, and danced upon my
chest, repeating, “Hekinah degul.”
 Soon, there appeared before me a I heard the words “Peplom selan”
person of high rank, who mounted shouted, and I felt many people on
my right leg and moved towards my my left relaxing my cords so that I was
face, with about a dozen people able to turn to my right. But, before this,
behind him. He showed me his royal they had daubed my face and hands
crest and spoke for about ten minutes, with a pleasant-smelling ointment,
often pointing towards, (as I found out which removed all the pain of their
later), the capital city. arrows. This and more food and drink
made me feel tired, and I fell sleep.
I made signs to show him that I wanted
to be freed. He understood me, but I slept for about eight hours, and later
shook his head to show that I must found out that they had given me a
remain a prisoner. However, he made sleeping potion!
other signs, to tell me that I would have
food and drink, and be treated well.
It seems that from the moment I was
I thought about trying to break away
discovered sleeping on the ground,
again, but when I felt the sting of
the emperor had ordered a machine
arrows on my face and hands, and
that could carry me to the capital city.
saw how the number of my enemies
had grown, I just smiled and nodded.

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Five hundred engineers set to work face and one of them, an officer, put
and made a wooden frame on twenty- his half-pike up my left nostril, which
two wheels. It was brought next to me. tickled me and made me sneeze.
Using eighty poles and strong cords, They ran away very quickly!
nine hundred of the strongest men
raised me onto the engine, and tied
me fast. It took them three hours. We marched for the rest of the day,
and I rested at night with five hundred
Fifteen hundred of the emperor’s
guards on each side of me. At sunrise,
largest horses, each about four and
we continued our march, and arrived
a half inches high, were employed
at the city gates about noon.
to draw me towards the metropolis.
There was an ancient temple next
Four hours after our journey began,
to where the carriage stopped – the
I was woken by a ridiculous accident
largest in the whole kingdom. It was
– a few people were curious to see
decided that I should sleep here,
how I looked. They advanced to my

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 as the great gate was wide enough
for me to crawl through.

Workmen locked my left leg with

thirty-six chains and padlocks so that
I couldn’t go far and, when they were
sure that it was impossible for me to
break loose, they cut away my ropes;
and I stood up. When I found myself
on my feet again, I looked around me
and found the sight quite entertaining.
The country looked like one big garden,
and the fields looked like flowerbeds.
Even the city looked like the painted
scenery you get in a theatre!

As I looked around this strange place,

I saw the emperor riding towards me on
horseback, along with all his court, and
I wondered what was in store for me.

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famished with hunger, as

yap and jumped onto the farmer’s
lap, I answered politely, but I was
mare wait till
Then, rather than chatting to the and I thought it best to lie still, and I hadn’t eaten for hours I put my
finger to my mouth
of where the farmer fed him treats wrench out the pegs that fastened myself hurgo (for that is
as usual, the farmer sat on a bale it up night, when I could easily free to signify that I wanted food The
Myths and Legends stroked the little dog’s tummy my left arm to the ground Lifting I was
hay As soon as he did so, the
playful had As for the inhabitants, I believed what they call a great lord, I learnt
afterwards)
to my face, I discovered how they

The Golden Staff

army that
around a good match for their greatest understood me very well He commanded
little pup pranced and frisked “So this is how I get all the attention tied me up and, with a violent
pull, I
up my sides
on its back legs, then he started to
now!” thought the farmer’s horse, loosened the strings that tied
down several ladders should be leaned
climbed up
feet stable, my hair on the left, so that I was
able and over a hundred inhabitants
run circles around the farmer’s and she broke loose from her they laden with
When the people saw I was quiet, and walked towards my mouth,
reared onto her back legs and
began to turn my head a little by the
The farmer and stable boy chuckled stopped firing their arrows, but baskets of meat I ate two or three baskets
the powerful god Viracocha to dance about just as she had
seen

L ong ago, at the dawn of time,

time more a time, which
they The creatures ran off a second noise I heard, I knew there were at a time, and three loaves at
to see the puppy so excited, and
South America from clay. the puppy do and I heard one of them cry, “Tolgo of them Near my right ear I heard
a The people
fashioned the first people of stroked behind his ears and fussed a
were about the size of bullets
the phonac” In an instant, I felt about knocking sound for about an hour showed great wonder and astonishment
had no skills over him Enjoying the attention, hand,
and crops to harvest, the people hundred arrows land on my left at my size and appetite I then
made
Though he gave them voices couldn’t read or cheeky pup let out a high pitched They When I turned my head, I saw
a small
clothes or build houses They which pricked me like needles to another sign that I wanted drink
they didn’t know how to make and stage, w th two or three ladders
an mals shot another flight into the air,
write or cook so they lived like body mount it From there, one of them They knew that a small quantity
would not
many must have fell on my cried barrel,
for them, so who seemed to be important be enough; so they got their largest
on the people and he felt pity (though I didn’t feel them)
The sun god, Inti, looked down san ” I drank it down
of his four sons and his daughter
should out three times, “Langro debul and rolled it towards my hand
he dec ded that the cleverest When the shower of arrows was
over, these wonders,
them how to live in a better way tants cut in one When I had performed
rule over everyone and teach I groaned with pain, and tried
to get Immediately, about fifty inhab upon my
and Mama Ocllo side they shouted for joy, and danced
Their names were Manco Cápac more the strings that fastened the left
loose again, but they fired yet see chest, repeating, “Hekinah degul”
to of my head, so I could turn and
arrows, and some of them tried and
spears Fortunately, I was the speaker He was middle aged
stick with two
tall A page held up his train, and
wearing a leather waistcoat, which made
others stood on each side He
they couldn’t pierce
a speech, which I didn’t understand

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