The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1910-03-30
LEGENDS OF ANIMALS
Interesting Old Time Stories of
Bird and Beast.
THE HORSE AND the CAMEL

An Arabian Folklore Tale Tells Why
Every Steed Shoulders or First
Meeting With Camel-Solonon and
the Neck of the Vuiture
In the beginning the birds had no
feathers, but at last word was brought
that the Great Spirit had their clothes
ready If they would send some one for
them. As the distance was long, the
turkey buz2ard was selected on ac-
count of his endurance. and In recogni-
ton of the service he was TO have first
choice of apparel, the one condition be.
ing that he could try no suit on the
second time. Can you guess the re-
suit? For one trifllng objection or
another he let all the fine feathers go
by until, TO his Mortified establishment,
there WAS nothing left but the poor,
commonplace suit that he wears to-
day
We talk eoneeitedly OF the airship
as though Il brand new invention of
the modern brain when thousands of
years ago King Solomon had most
satisfactory one. a magic carpet upon
which he frequently took spin
through space. Only one fault could
be found with this carpet touring car.
1t had no covering, and too often the
sun shone uncomfortabiy upon tho
royal head Now. the wisdom of Solo
mon included rare linguistic accom-
plishment. The king spoke the Ian
guage of birds. SO one day when out
riding on his carpet he called upon
some passing vutures to hold their
wings over him by way of awning.
But they were going north, the king
toward the south, and 10 his righteous
indignation the birds inselently re-
fused.
Cursed be We, o vulturesr 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 off aud the
heat of the sun aud the GOODNESS OF
winter aud the keenness of the wind
aud the beating of the rain shall fall
upon your rebellous necks. which shall
not be protected with feathers like the
neeks of other birds. and. whereas you
have hitherto Jared dellcately. hence
forward you shall cal earrlon and
your race shal BIZ impure until the end
of the world"
According TO Arab folklore, one day
Allah called the south wind to him,
condensed II, took a handful. blew
upon 1t tho breath OF life and thus ere
ated "A horse But the steed ut once
began to find fault. His neck. he com
| planned, was too short 10 reach the
grass. his back had nothing 10 steady
saddle, his boofs 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 rcproach
The horse shuddered at the sight Of
what he wanted to become. and this
is the reason that every horse starts
when first meeting his carieature
Perhaps you have not had the OPP
portunity of gazing dentist wise into
the mouth of Il coyote and so have
never wondered why its back teeth
looked as though they were broken Off
and forced down into the gums. but
you must surely have come across
many an empty locust skin.
To the south of the Zuni lands in
New Mexico coyote once started out
hunting, but got no further than the
foot OF certain old pine tree, so fas-
ciuated did he become In locust who
sat playing flute and singing In one
OF Its branches In fact, such was the
animals enthusiasm that he insisted
voice proved hoarse and growly. but
he persevered until he learned the
words of the locust song and turned
bomeward, proudly repeating them,
when by bad luck he fell into 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
nature once more sailed forth In tri-
umph Bnt this time as he practiced
aloud he frightened a flock of pigeons
that few out with such u noise MS com
pletely TO muddle his brain, and there
was nothing left for him but another
appeal TO the wornout locust.
Now. even a music teacher will turn,
and the locust, seeing him coming from
afar and having heard that coyotes ate
insects, decided TO rid himself of this
tiresome fellow. No sooner thought
than done In flash he swelled up,
split his skin and era wled out. Find
ing at hand clear. light coiored bit
Of quartz. he put it in the empty skin,
mucilaged II up the back with pitch
and flew off TO another tree.
The trick worked TO charm. The
coyote called out TO the supposed To-
Gust again aud again without receiving
reply, became enraged. snatched the
eflgy out of the tree and bit so hard
on the stone that he ran yelping away
The water OF creek partly soothed
his pain. but ever since the mouth OF
a coyote has shown the effect of that
tragic bite. and whenever locust
ventures out on summer morning to
sing. song 1t Is his custom TO protect
himself from the consequences Of at
tracing too much attention by skin
ming himself and leaving his counter
part In the tree. May &. Ringwalt In
Los Angeles Times
Used to II.
"What do you do when your hns
band stays out late at nightf"
"Ob, just go to sleep I've been