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Eagle had laid in her nest, and he said: 'There is just enough 

 meat in these eggs to make me a new tail." 



The Eagle saw the Skink sitting in the nest on the tree; so 

 she flew up to seize him. But the Skink ran down on the other 

 side. When the Eagle got back to her nest she saw that the 

 eggs were gone, and she said: "I've eaten the Skink's tail, 

 and there is just enough meat in that tail to make me four new 

 eggs." 



The Skink lay down in the shade under the log until he had 

 grown another blue tail, and when he had done this, then he 

 ran back up on the log and sat in the sun. The Eagle laid four 

 more eggs in the nest and watched the Skink. Very soon the 

 Eagle jumped down to catch him. She got the Skink by the 

 end of the tail and the tail came off. Then the Skink ran away 

 and saw the Eagle munching his tail, and the tail squirmed 

 while the Eagle munched it. Then the Skink ran up the tree 

 to the Eagle's nest and saw four eggs there. So he ate the eggs; 

 and the Eagle had the tail and the Skink had the eggs, and they 

 were ready to start over again. For there was meat enough 

 in the tail to make four more eggs, and meat enough in the 

 eggs to make another blue tail. 



"And so," remarked Barbara sympathetically, "the Blue- 

 tailed Skink never lost his tail forever." 



THE SIEGE OF TROY 



(From an ancient manuscript) 



There once were some Trojans, of course, 

 So we Greeks built a big wooden horse; 



Agamemnon l did grin 



As we boys clambered in, 

 And he said: "How is this for a horse?" 



We painted the beast black and red, 

 And Aggie, he waggled its head, 



While behind for a tail 



Nestor's whiskers did trail; 

 But we might have used pea straw instead. 



1 Recent researches having shown that Achilles, the original hero, could 

 not have been present on this occasion, because of an injured heel, a classical 

 authority has suggested the substitution of Agamemnon as the next in command. 



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