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'Tom': an adventure in the life of a bear in Paris -- Saï the panther -- The buzzard and the priest -- Cowper and his hares -- A rat tale -- Snake stories -- What elephants can do -- The dog of Montargis -- How a beaver builds his house -- The war horse of Alexander -- Stories about bears -- Stories about ants -- The taming of an otter -- The story of Androcles and the lion -- Monsieur Dumas and his beasts -- The adventures of Pyramus -- The story of a weasel -- Stories about wolves -- Two highland dogs -- Monkey tricks and Sally at the zoo -- How the cayman was killed -- The story of Fido -- Beasts besieged -- Mr. Gully -- Stories from Pliny -- The strange history of Cagnotte -- Still waters run deep; or, the dancing dog -- Theo and his horses: Jane, Betsy, and Blanche -- Madame Théophile and the parrot -- The battle of the mullets and the dolphins -- Monkey stories -- Eccentric bird builders -- The ship of the desert -- Hame, hame, hame, where I fain wad be -- Nests for dinner -- Fire-eating Djijam -- The story of the dog Oscar -- Dolphins at play -- The starling of Segringen -- Grateful dogs -- Gazelle -- Cockatoo stories -- The otter who was reared by a cat -- Stories about lions -- Builders and weavers -- More faithful than favoured -- Dolphins, turtles, and cod -- More about elephants -- Bungey -- Lions and their ways -- The history of Jacko I. -- Signora and Lori -- Of the linnet, popinjay, or parrot, and other birds that can speak -- Patch and the chickens -- The fierce falcon -- Mr. Bolt, the scotch terrier -- A raven's funeral -- A strange tiger -- Halcyons and their biographers -- The story of a frog.
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