CONTENTS 



CHAPTER PAGE 



I. OVERTURE BY THE BIRDS . . . 1 



II. THE BUILDING OF A BIRD 9 



III. THE BIRD'S NEST . . . . . . .30 



IV. CANNIBALS IN COURT ...... 41 



V. CHORUS BY THE BIRDS 60 



VI. MONARCHS IN EXILE . . . . . . 63 



VII. WOLF ! 85 



VIII. UNDER THE POLAR STAR 98 



IX. A SEALSKIN JACKET AT HOME .... 114 



X. THE BEAVER'S STORY . 130 



