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Rh is happy: the old people who have all they need; and the animals who have life and freedom. The distinct pictures offered to the imagination are the capture of the four animals and their return with their life-substitutes. The form of the tale is a good example of folk-story style, with its vivid words, direct language, and repetition. This is one of the tales which is finer than at first appears because it has a strong sense of life. It touches the present-day problem: "How can the inhuman slaughter of animals for man's use be avoided?" Its underlying message is: Self-help is a good way out of a difficulty.—The Straw Ox also answers the complete test of the tale with much satisfaction.

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The Child

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McCracken, Elizabeth: "What Children Like to Read." Outlook, Dec, 1904, vol. 78.

Tyler, John M.: Growth in Education. Houghton.

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Literature

Baldwin, Charles S.: Specimens of Prose Description. Holt.

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 * Ibid: Specimens of Prose Narration. Holt.

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