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WOODMYTH & FABLE 



FOREWORD 



Most boys gather in the woods pretty 

 and odd bits of moss, fungus, and other 

 treasures that have no price. They bring 

 them home and store them in that uni- 

 versal receptacle, the Tackle-box. Some 

 boys, like myself, never outgrow^ the habit. 

 One day a friend observed that my Tackle- 

 box was full and suggested that a selec- 

 tion be given to the public. 



Most of this booty I gathered in the 

 woods myself, but an Indian gave me frag- 

 ments of "The Recipe" and *' Gitch-e 

 O-kok-o-hoo," and a Chinaman told me 

 where to find "The Frog in the Well.'* 



