Chapter 1 of 17

RATAPLAN, ROGUE

RATAPLAN, ROGUE

GEAN, THE GIRAFFE KEESA, THE KANGAROO CARA, THE CAMEL SICCATEE, THE SQUIRREL LEO, THE LION CHAFFER, THE CHAMOIS JINKS, THE JACKAL PERO, THE PORCUPINE TERA, THE TIGRESS HIPPO, HIPPOPOTAMUS OSRA, THE OSTRICH SEELA, THE SEAL BRUNIE, THE BEAR MONA, THE MONKEY BULON, THE BUFFALO

ILLUSTRATIONS

From Drawings by Gustave Verbeek.

"But, oh, what havoc he made"

"Groar joined in with might and main"

"Even his mother looked at him with surprise"

"Sat on one of the boughs and scolded as hard as she could"

"He would take up some small animal and walk coolly off with it"

"Chaffer was the first to meet the hunters face to face"

"Jinks never was so happy as when he was leading his pack"

"Jock had never seen anything like it before"

"Tera sprang at the nearest calf, bringing him to the ground"

"Osra and his wives took up the chickens one by one, and swallowed them whole"

"Furious with rage, Brunie rose up and went to meet them"

"Mona did his best to attract the parrot's attention"

Chapter 1 of 17