. The unmannerly tiger, and other Korean tales. rds distance andthen let fly. Back bounded the timber and outgushed a flood of melody that rolled across thecity in every direction, and over the hills, fill- 134 THE UNMANNERLY TIGER ing leagues of space with melody. All thechildren clapped their hands and danced withjoy. They knew they would live long, for theyhad heard the sweet bells first music. The oldpeople smiled with joy. But what was the surprise of the adult folksto hear that the bell could talk. Yes, its soundsactually made a sentence. Mu-u-u-ma-ma-ma-la-la-la-la-la-la un-til it ended
. The unmannerly tiger, and other Korean tales. rds distance andthen let fly. Back bounded the timber and outgushed a flood of melody that rolled across thecity in every direction, and over the hills, fill- 134 THE UNMANNERLY TIGER ing leagues of space with melody. All thechildren clapped their hands and danced withjoy. They knew they would live long, for theyhad heard the sweet bells first music. The oldpeople smiled with joy. But what was the surprise of the adult folksto hear that the bell could talk. Yes, its soundsactually made a sentence. Mu-u-u-ma-ma-ma-la-la-la-la-la-la un-til it ended like a babys cry. Yes ! Therewas no mistake about it. This is what it said : My mothers fault. My mothers fault. And to this day the mothers in Seoul, as theyclasp their darlings to their bosoms, resolve thatit shall be no fault of theirs if these lack love orcare. They delight in their little ones more,and lavish on them a tenderer affection becausethey hear the great bell talk, warning parentsto guard what Heaven has committed to All the children clapped their hands. THE KING OF THE SPARROWS THE Korean children are awakened everymorning by the twittering of the spar-rows. These little birds build theirnests among the vines on the roof and along theeaves. The people plant melon, gourd, andmock orange seeds along the sunny sides oftheir houses in spring time. All through thesummer, and until late in autumn, the wallsand roofs are covered with the thick greenleaves. Here, in these sheltered places, thesparrow mother lays her eggs and the father spar-row finds worms and feeds her, until the hungrybirdies open their little mouths for somethingto eat. After this, both parents are kept busyin raising their brood and teaching them to greatest dangers to the birdlings comefrom cruel snakes that live on the roof and eatup the young sparrows. Sometimes, to helpthem against their enemy, the parent sparrowscall in the aid of larger birds that are not afraidof the rept
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