E VENING TALES: OR UNCLE JOHN'S TRUE STORIES ABOUT Natural History. NUMBER THREE. BY THE AUTHOR OF NEW-YORK: PRINTED AND SOLD BY MAALON DAY, At the New Judenile Book-store, No. 376, PEARL-ST. 1833. WELL, my children: here you are again, and a good company of you too. What are you after now? "The stories! the true stories! We can't go any where about the streets, among our mates, but what we hear something said about the true stories. They say, too, that a book-maker, who makes a great many little books for children, down in Pearl-street, has got hold of your stories, and is printing them in a book. They say, too, that he has found means to put down, not only all you say, Uncle John, but he is printing some queer things which the children have said to you.” Ha, ha, ha! I'm glad to hear it. I am certain I have told you no stories but what I am willing all the world should read. You, certainly, have said nothing here that would look foolish in print. I wish all children before they speak, would only think how what they were going to say would appear, if it should be printed. You are good children, and now quite still—so I will tell you about the Tiger. This bold and terrible animal is the only one who dares to fight with the Lion. The Royal Tiger of Bengal, in the East Indies, will sometimes succeed in conquering and killing the king of beasts. They are shaped something like a cat-have a horrid looking mouth and strong jaws, with huge claws. Their eyes are too fierce and upon. angry to look |