Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1910-05-04
.aENDS OF ANIMALS
Old Time Stories Of
Bird and Beast.
The HORSE AND THE CAMEL.

m Arsbisn Folklore Tale Tells Why
e.,,, Steed Shuddcrs on = First
E..uns With a camei---selomon and
the Neck Of the vu'ture.
In The beginning the birds had no
feathers. but at last word was brought
,nai tie Great Spirit had their clothes
,.,s, il they would send some one for
anon As the distance was long, the
,urkry buzzard was selected on &C
mint OF his endurance. and I'm recogni-
,tou of the service be was TO have first
choice of apparel. the one condition be-
ms that be could try no suit on the
.,s.und time. Can you guess the re-
sur: For one trifiing objection or
sn,thcr be let all the :iue feathers 20
A., mill. 10 bis horrified establishment
,b.r,. was nothing left but the poor.
commonplace suit that he wears to
day
Ne talk conceitediy OF the airship
~ though a brand new invention OF
The modern brain when thousands Of
vearS ago King Solomon had a most
satisfactory one. a magic carpet upon
which he frequently took a spin
through space. Only one fault could
~ found with this carpet touring car.
A. had no covering. and too often the
sun shone ur comfortably upon the
rnvai mead. Now, the wisdom OF Solo
mon Included a rare linguistic accom-
pishment The king spoke the Ian
cuaee Of birds. So one day when out
riding on his carpet be called upon
some passing vultures 10 hold their
WINGS over him by way OF awning.
Ru they were going north. the king
toward the south. and TO his righteous
indignation the birds insolently re-
fused
cursed be we. o vuituresr' he cried
IN wrath. And because you will not
obey the commands of your lord who
rules over the whole world the feath-
ers Of your necks shall fall or and the
heat OF the sun and the coIdness OF
winter and the keenness of the wind
and the beating OF the rain shall fan
upon your rebellious necks. which shall
not be protected with feathers like the
necks OF other birds. and. whereas you
have hitherto Jared delicately. hence
forward you shall eat carrion and
Your race shall be impure until the end
OF the world"
According TO Arab folklore, one day
Allah called the south wind to him.
condensed Il. took a handful, blew
upon II the breath OF life and thus Gre
ated a horse. But the steed at once
began to find fault. His neck, he COM
planned. was too short TO reach the
grass. his back had nothing TO steady
a saddle. his hoofs were so sharp that
they would surely sink into the sand.
Instead of reproving his ingratitude
In words Allah then created the camel
as an object lesson OF reproach.
The horse shuddered at the sight of
what be wanted 10 become. aud this
j. the reason that every horse starts
when first meeting his caricature.
Perhaps you have not bad the op-
pcrunity of gazing dentist wise into
the mouth of n coyote and so have
never wondered why it's back teeth
looked as though they were broken or
ana forced down into the gums. but
you must surely have come across
many an empty locust skin.
10 the south OF the Zuni lands I'm
New Mexico n coyote once started out
hunting. but got no farther than the
loot OF certain old pine tree. so fas-
cinated did he become In n locust who
sat playing a flute aud singing in one
oil It's branches. In fact. such was the
animals enthusiasm that he Insisted
upon taking lesson on the spot. His
voice proved hoarse and growly. but
he perSevered until be learned the
words OF the locust song and turned
homeward' proudly repeating them,
when by bad luck he fell Into a GO
piers hole. said other words under his
breath and forgot his lines.
Back TO the pine tree he trotted.
again Imposed upon the iocust's good
hature, once more sailed forth in sri-
unph. but this time as he practiced
aloud he frightened iock OF pigeons
'hat Dew out with such n noise as COM
pie'ely TO muddle his brain. and there
was nothing left for him but another
appear TO the wornout locust.
Now. even music teacher will turn.
ana the locust. seeing him coming from
aiar and having heard that coyotes ate
Insects. decided 10 rid himself of this
uresome fellow. No sooner thought
'nan done In fash he swelied up,
spHt bis skin and crawled out. Find
lug at hand clear. light colored bit
OF quartz. he put IL in the empty skin.
"'uciaged 1t up the back with pitch
ana lew of to another tree.
Ihe trick worked TO charm. The
coyote called out TO the supposed To-
Gust again and again without receiving
reply, became enraged. snatched the
ehgy out or the tree and bit so hard
Oh Tue stone that he ran yelplng away.
lie water of creek partly soothed
us pain. but ever since the mouth OF
coyote has shown the effect of that
tragic bite. and whenever locust
ventures out on a summer morning to
sung song 1t Is his custom TO protect
ni"Selt from the consequences OF at.
"d'ung too much attention by skin
u'ug himself and leaving his counter
part In the tree" May q. Ringwalt IN
los Angeles Times.