The Lying Servant and the Wise Lord
A Swabian lord keeps a deceitful servant who prides himself on lies. As they travel a flood and river danger rises, the lord warns honesty will save the truthful. The knave deceives himself with tall tales until the final wake river reveals truth. The lord spurs forward and the knave survives, resolved to mend his lying.
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Knave
Reynard
Relers
Kearo
Anid
Serran
Buistone
Bone
Getting Tight on Snow Nate
In a northern New Hampshire town the temperance push against rum spurred a dry spell. Nate B e slips on the snow with a jug and flask, hides the liquor in a handkerchief, then heads home to keep the plan alive.
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Nate
New Hampshire
Ram
F——s
Boston
Frightful Tale Of a Tight Bind Narrator Recalls Struggle
The speaker recounts a harrowing incident about a tightly bound restraint that left them unable to open eyes or mouth for days. They describe fearing head exposure as the situation worsened and those nearby watched in alarm.
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Nate
Monkeys Build a Living Bridge Across the Arroyo
In a vivid scene from Captain Heid's adventures in Southern Mexico, a troop of comadreja or ring tailed monkeys forms a living chain to bridge a shallow arroyo. The agile chain leaps from limb to limb, then a dozen strong monkeys link tails to create a near horizontal bridge and ferry hundreds across to the opposite bank.
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Raoul
Cobain
Weiel
Sit
Capt. Heid
Mexico
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