Two-Legs

A HUGE NUMBER OF VISITORS

TWO-LEGS

BY CARL EWALD

TRANSLATED FROM
THE DANISH BY
ALEXANDER TEIXEIRA DE MATTOS
AND
ILLUSTRATED BY
JOHAN BRIEDE
AND
HELEN JACOBS

FREDERICK A. STOKES COMPANY
PUBLISHERS     NEW YORK

Printed in the United States of America

For Lily Teixeira de Mattos.

Dear,

Of all Carl Ewald’s stories Two-Legs has always been your favourite. Now that I am reissuing it, amplified by four chapters which did not appear in the original edition, it is only fit that I should dedicate this translation, with my love, to you.

A. T. de M.

Chelsea, 2 September, 1921.

CONTENTS

Prologue		Page
	THE STORY OF THE FAIRY-TALE
Chapter
I.	THE OLD ANIMALS	15
II.	MRS. TWO-LEGS HAS A SON	27
III.	TWO-LEGS KILLS	33
IV.	TIME PASSES	45
V.	TWO-LEGS ENLARGES HIS POSSESSIONS	55
VI.	TWO-LEGS WANDERS	61
VII.	TWO-LEGS SOWS	69
VIII.	TWO-LEGS ENJOYS LIFE	77
IX.	THE OLD ANIMALS TAKE COUNSEL	85
X.	THE LION	93
XI.	MANY YEARS AFTER	99
XII.	TWO-LEGS CONQUERS THE WIND	105
XIII.	TWO-LEGS CONQUERS STEAM	117
XIV.	TWO-LEGS CONQUERS ELECTRICITY	133
XV.	TWO-LEGS’ FUTURE	157