Vietnam or Thailand ? Vote for the TOP Country of the Week !
Updated: May 3, 2025
The Faun showed David how to build little boats of reeds, and the Phoenix made them sail by blowing up a wind with its wings. They had a tree-climbing contest, which David won because his feet were better than hooves for standing on branches. But the Faun won the jumping contest because of the tremendous spring in his legs. They came out even in the handstand, somersault, and skin-the-cat contest.
He could play "Skin-the-cat"; he could "walk backwards," "lie" on the tree-trunks, swallow coins, eat fire, and imitate all sorts of birds. And when he extracted a saffron cake from the dress of one of the girls and made it disappear in his right ear, the schoolmaster laughed until his empty inside ached. Then the dancing began.
Then her eye rose to the overhanging branch of a shade-tree near them. "Would you like to see me chin myself?" she asked, stepping beneath the branch. "I bet I could skin-the-cat on that limb! Would you like to see me do it?" "I would so!" the flatterer enthused. She became thoughtful, remembering that she was now a lady who took walks with grown gentlemen. "I can, but I won't," she said.
Word Of The Day
Others Looking