America's story for America's children . =J But alas ! poor little Montezuma! He musthave forgotten his promise; for here is anotherpicture which tells us how one day when he wasnine years old, Montezumas father did punishhim with the thorns. And the Princess musthave been doing something wrong, for she, too,is being punished. The little thing like a tongue in front of the 44 AMERICAS STORY faces in the picture is meant to show that thefather and mother are speaking. The Aztecs could not write; so they keptthe story of what their people did by means ofpictures which they painted upon the walls
America's story for America's children . =J But alas ! poor little Montezuma! He musthave forgotten his promise; for here is anotherpicture which tells us how one day when he wasnine years old, Montezumas father did punishhim with the thorns. And the Princess musthave been doing something wrong, for she, too,is being punished. The little thing like a tongue in front of the 44 AMERICAS STORY faces in the picture is meant to show that thefather and mother are speaking. The Aztecs could not write; so they keptthe story of what their people did by means ofpictures which they painted upon the walls ofthe temples. Some of the walls were coveredwith pictures; and from time to time the priestsexplained them to Prince Montezuma. Surely a Prince must know the story of hisown people, the priests would say. There was one group of pictures that Monte-zuma liked very much. The group told of fourterrible plagues which once came upon theAztecs, and destroyed nearly all the people. The Prince studied these story pictures untilhe could repeat
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