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its first beams over the eartli. Bii-ds ot all kinds vied with one 

 another as they sang their joy on that beautiful morning. The priest 

 stood listening. Suddenly, oil' at one side, he heard a trill that rose 

 higher and clearer than all the rest. He moved toward the place 

 whence tlie song came that he might see what manner of bird it was 

 that could send fartlier than all the others its happy, laughing notes. 

 As he came near he behelil a tiny l)rowii l)ird with open bill, the 

 feathei's on its throat rippling with the fervor of its song. It was the 

 wren, the smallest, the least powerful of birds, that seemed to lie 

 most glad and to pour out in ringing melody to the rising sun its 

 delight in life. 



As the priest looked he thought: " Here is a teaching for my people. 

 Everyone can be happy; even the most insignificant can liave his 

 song of thanks." 



So he made the story of the wren and sang it; and it has been handed 

 down from that day, a <lay so long ago that no man can remember the 

 time. 



THE SONG OF THE WOODPECKER AND THE TTJKKEY 



W'ord.v and JSlitsir 

 M. M. ^ = 108. 

 • = Pulsation of the voice. Transcribed by Edwin S. Tracy. 



:d^: 



IIo-o o! I - ra - i-i ha-o ra; i - ra - ri lia-o ra; i ■ ra-ri lia-o ra; 



Ka ko-ra-she liao? Reku-tati lia o; I ra-ri ha-o r:i; i - ra-ri ha - o i. 



^ ' r_f rj [ ' fj fj [ • [_r fj j r f 1 i I i i 



824 Ho-o-o: 



825 Irari hao ra: irari liai) ra: irari lia<i ra: 



826 Ka korashe lia<V? Re kutati hao; 



827 Irari hao ra: irari hacii. 



Trunshd 11)11 



82i Ho-o-ol An introductory exclamation. 

 8io Irari hao ra; irari hao ra; irari hao ra. 



irari, brother. 



hao, offspring, child. 



ra, coming. 

 82<i Ka korashe hao? Re kutati hao. 



ka? is? a question. 



korashe, your. 



hao, offspring. Is it or are tln-y your offspring? 



re, they. 



kutati, my or mine. 



hao, offspring, 'i'hey are my otfspring. 



