The Enchanted Deer

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OH, JON, I AM SO B HUSH, LITTLE Ihe wicked stepmother not only TIRED. OUR STEPMOTHER 1 SISTER, I WILL MADE THEM WORK HARO, BUT SHE ALSO MAKES US WORK raragfl HELP YOU. GAVE THEM VERY LITTLE FOOD. a SO HARD. rWlffTTf JTSSit BREAD.

JON/ JON/ I WISH WE I YOU ARE RIGHT, COULD RUN AWAY. OUR LITTLE SISTER. STEPMOTHER MAKES TOMORROW US WORK HARDER AND I MORNING WE WILL HARDER EVERY DAY. gf RUN AWAY AND 0 AND SHE GIVES US p NE’ ER COME | LESS AND LESS Jg b :k \\GAIN. 18 !rn to eat. m&mI

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They FOLLOWED THE SOUND OF RUNNING WATER UNTIL . , . SUT JUST AS HE' JON/ JON/ BEWARE/ BEWARE/ WHO DON'T DRINK THAT WATER/ DRINKS OF ME WILL BE A LION INSTANTLY.

NO, SISTER, BESIDES, I AM SO I HEARD THIRSTY, I CAN NOTHING. WAIT NO LONGER.



DID YOU HEAR WHAT THE BROOK SAID, JON? COME, LET US GO ON. I HOPE SO, I AM SURE I HEAR A GRETCHEN. THIRD BROOK NEARBY. ENCHANTED. WHOEVER DRINKS FROM IT WILL TURN INTO A TIGER,

Unce more, they followed the sound OF RUNNING WATER UNTIL DEERLET instantly.

NO, SISTER, I HEARD NOTHING. BESIDES, I AM OUT THIS TIME, JON WOULD NOT LISTEN. SO THIRSTY NOW HE SCOOPED UP THE WATER AND BEGAN I CANNOT WAIT ANOTHER MINUTE. Ssj&Me: Mi T0 DRINK- Lb -fc-xfe-

DON'T CRY, LITTLE DEER. YOU HAVE ALWAYS TAKEN CARE OF ME. NOW STEPMOTHER. SHE [3 BECOME a I WILL Take ■rr HAS BEWITCHED H OF ME? H CARE OF YOU.

Gretchen took off her golden NECKLACE AND PLACED IT AROUND THE NECK OF THE ENCHANTED DEER. TIME, THEY CAME TO A LITTLE COTTAGE. KNOCK AT THE DOOR, GRETCHEN. PERHAPS THEY WILL GIVE US ga SHELTER FROM B THE NIGHT, jr-*



THE LITTLE COTTAGE. Gretchen grew prettier every DAY. AND THE ENCHANTED DEER GREW BIG AND STRONG. I HAVE HEARD THAT THERE WE SHALL TRY TO FIND IS AN ENCHANTED DEER IN THIS FOREST THAT WEARS HIM, YOUR . MAJESTY. A GOLDEN COLLAR. r- WHOEVER BRINGS THIS DEER TO ME SHALL HAVE I THIS BAG OF GOLD, i—'



WHEN YOU COME BACK, KNOCK AT THE DOOR AND SAY THESE WORDS: 1 SISTER, IF YOU LOVE ME TRUE, I LET ME COME INSIDE WITH YOU. [ HEN HE BOUNDED MERRILY - INTO THE FOREST. HAVE NO FEAR, LITTLE SISTER. ^ I WILL r' I REMEMBER. M

LOOK I THE DEER WITH THE GOLDEN COLLAR/ ILL OAT THE HUNTERS FOLLOWED HIM, IT HIS LEGS WERE SWIFT, AND HE LED I THEM A MERRY CHASE.





LOOK/ LOOK/ HE HAS HURT

I HE WOUND WAS NOT VERY BAD, LIMPED SLOWLY HOME, FOLLOWED BY THE ENCHANTED DEER ESCAPED. * : ONE OF THE HUNTERS. ...AND WHEN THE DEER REACHED THE COTTAGE, l -1 BEAUTIFUL MAIDEN



Now IT HAPPENED THAT THAT DAY THE WICKED STEPMOTHER CAME TO SPY UPON THE ENCHANTED DEER. MYSELF. SHE CHANGED HERSELF INTO A BIG, BLACK DEER AND FOLLOWED THE ENCHANTED DEER. SEE THE BLACK DEER NEAR HIM/ I HAVE NEV SEEN A BLACK DEER BEFORE: IT WOULD BE GREAT PRIZE, rj

All day the hunters followed the 1OWARD EVENING, THE KING AND A HUNTER ENCHANTED DEER. THE BLACK DEER WAS mSLIPPED AWAY FROM THE' REST OF. always near. Watching to see what THE GROUP. i WOULD HAPPEN.

THE DEER WITH THE GOLDEN COLLAR. HE WAS ENCHANTED BY OUR EVIL STEPMOTHER MANY YEARS AGO. COME QUICKLY/ MY MEN HAVE CAUGHT HIM/

k.T THAT MOMENT, THE BLACK DEER IANGED INTO THE WICKED WITCH. OLD WITCH, I AM THE KING. I COMMAND YOU TO RELEASE THE ENCHANTED DEER rag FROM YOUR POWER.



AESOP’S FABLES THE DEER AND THE HUNTERS Just then, some hunters appeared at THE EDGE OF THE CLEARING. |-—





THE ANIMAL WORLD THE OSTRICH The largest of all living An ADULT OSTRICH IS ABOUT SEVEN FEET TALL BIRDS IS THE OSTRICH. HE CAN BE FOUND IN THE AFRICAN AND AND WEIGHS FROM 150 TO MORE THAN 300 IS LARGER THAN THE FEMALE. ARABIAN DESERTS. The OSTRICH HAS LONG LEGS An OSTRICH The belief that the EGG WEIGHS OSTRICH THINKS HE CAN HIDE AND CAN SPEED ACROSS THE THREE POUNDS BY BURYING HIS HEAD IN THE OR MORE. BOTH SAND IS NOT TRUE. WHEN THE DESERT IN POWERFUL LEAPS. HE THE MALE AND OSTRICH SENSES DANGER AND SOMETIMES COVERS 25 FEET IN A FEMALE TAKE DOES NOT WANT TO BE SEEN, TURNS SITTING HE RAISES HIS TAIL AND SINGLE LEAP. ON THE EGGS IN



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