“With a great roar an army of them came leaping down to the river bank.”
“With a great roar an army of them came leaping down to the river bank”
“Nice bird! Nice bird!” he growled. “Please come a little closer”
“The flamingoes ... hopped down to the river, and waded out ... to relieve their pain”
“He could not help feeling sorry for the poor turtle ...”
SOUTH AMERICAN JUNGLE TALES
HOW THE RAYS DEFENDED THE FORD
In South America there is a river called theYabebirì; and it flows through the city ofMisiones. In this river there are many rays,a kind of mud fish like the salt-water skate;and the river, indeed, gets its name from them:“Yabebirì” means the “river of ray fish.”The ray is a wide, flat fish with a long, slendertail. The tail is very bony; and when itstrikes you it cuts, and leaves poison in thewound.
There are so many rays in the river that itis dangerous even to put your foot into thewater. I once knew a man who had his heelpricked by a ray. He had to walk morethan two miles home, groaning with pain allthe way and fainting sev