large/10754/welshfairytales_1607_librivox_64kb_mp3/welshfairytales_04_griffis_64kb_67
large/10754/welshfairytales_1607_librivox_64kb_mp3/welshfairytales_04_griffis_64kb
English
10754
The new comers named the country Honey Island. THE NEW COMERS NAMED THE COUNTRY HONEY ISLAND
le frame and bottom. With pitch, gum, or grease, they covered up the cracks or seams. Then they shaped paddles out of wood. When the coracle floated on the water, the whole family, daddy, mammy, kiddies, and any old aunts or uncles, or granddaddies, got into it. They waited for the wind to blow from the south over to the northern land. At first the coracle spun round and round, but by and by each daddy could, by rowing or paddling, make the thing go straight ahead. So finally all arrived in the land now called Great Britain. Though sugar was not then known, or for a thousand years later, the first thing they noticed was the enormous number of bees. When they searched, they found the rock caves and hollow trees full of honey, which had accumulated for generations. Every once in a while the bears, that so like sweet things, found out the hiding place of the bees, and ate up the honey. The children were very happy in sucking the honey comb and the mothers made candles out of the beeswax.   CROSS BOARDS WHICH ALSO SERVED AS SEATS THEN THEY TURNED THE WICKER FRAME UPSIDE DOWN AND STRETCHED THE HIDES OF ANIMALS OVER THE WHOLE FRAME AND BOTTOM WITH PITCH GUM OR GREASE THEY COVERED UP THE CRACKS OR SEAMS THEN THEY SHAPED PADDLES OUT OF WOOD WHEN THE CORACLE FLOATED ON THE WATER THE WHOLE FAMILY DADDY MAMMY KITIES AND ANY OLD ANSWER UNCLES OR GRANDADDIES GOT INTO IT THEY WAITED FOR THE WIND TO BLOW FROM THE SOUTH OVER TO THE NORTHERN LAND AT FIRST THE CORACLE SPUN ROUND AND ROUND BUT BY AND BY EACH DADDY COULD BY ROWING OR PADDLING MAKE THE THING GO STRAIGHT AHEAD SO FINALLY ALL ARRIVED IN THE LAND NOW CALLED GREAT BRITAIN THOUGH SUGAR WAS NOT THEN KNOWN OR FOR A THOUSAND YEARS LATER THE FIRST THING THEY NOTICED WAS THE ENORMOUS NUMBER OF BEES WHEN THEY SEARCHED THEY FOUND THE ROCK CAVES AND HOLLOW TREES FULL OF HONEY WHICH HAD ACCUMULATED FOR GENERATIONS EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE THE BEARS THAT SO LIKE SWEET THINGS FOUND OUT THE HIDING PLACE OF THE BEES AND ATE UP ALL THE HONEY 
large/10754/welshfairytales_1607_librivox_64kb_mp3/welshfairytales_04_griffis_64kb
file
download/librilight/large/10754/welshfairytales_1607_librivox_64kb_mp3/welshfairytales_04_griffis_64kb.flac