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WOODMYTH & FABLE 



HOW THE GIRAFFE BECAME 



/% *^ - AGES ago in the deserts 

 ''^-m — of Africa there lived a 



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- Httle brown Antelope. 

 He was not strong like 

 the Lion, nor big like the Elephant, nor 

 had he horns like the Koodoo, nor claws 

 like the Leopard. He could not swim, 

 nor could he climb or fly. When danger 

 came he could do nothing but run away, 

 and this he did very well. 



But he was not satisfied. 



One day he saw a Man, and he 

 walked quietly up to look more closely 

 at the strange creature of whom he had 

 often heard. As he watched he saw a 

 Lion crawling to spring on the Man. 

 Now the Antelope's mother had taught 

 him that when he saw a Lion trying to 



