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FAIRY TALES TOLD INTHE BUSH

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“EACH WALL WAS COVERED WITH SHELVES, AND EACH SHELF WASFULL OF BOOKS.”

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FAIRY TALES
TOLD IN THE BUSH

By
SISTER AGNES

LONDON: ELLIOT STOCK
62, PATERNOSTER ROW, E.C.

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Of these Fairy Tales told to children in theAustralian bush, “The Magic Gun”and “The Underground River,” areoriginal, but the others have beenbrought from the old country, not in book form,but in the memory of a lover of fairies andchildren.

“The Origin of the Yarra Yarra” was toldto the writer by old King Barak, the last Kingof the Yarra tribe, a few days before his death.

These tales, as told here, charmed the writerin the “Sixties” when Melbourne was a placeof bush and swamp. They now charm littleslum children in the so-called “slum parts”of the city of Melbourne, “The Palace ofTruth” and “The Magic Gun” being alwaysasked for when stories are to be told.

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