Tales of Giants from Brazil

The Project Gutenberg eBook, Tales of Giants fromBrazil, by Elsie Spicer Eells, Illustrated by Helen M.BartonThis eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and withalmost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away orre-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License includedwith this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.orgTitle: Tales of Giants from BrazilAuthor: Elsie Spicer EellsRelease Date: June 4, 2007 [eBook #21678]Language: EnglishCharacter set encoding: ISO-8859-1***START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK TALES OF GIANTS FROM BRAZIL*** E-text prepared by Barbara Tozier, Bill Tozier,and theProject Gutenberg Online Distributed Proofreading Team(http://www.pgdp.net) A woman stands with her hands outstreached towards a river.T A L E S O F G I A N T SF R O M B R A Z I LBYELSIE SPICER EELLSAuthor of “Fairy Tales from Brazil”WITH ILLUSTRATIONS BYHELEN M. BARTONPublisher's deviceNEW YORKDODD, MEAD AND COMPANY1918Copyright, 1918By DODD, MEAD AND COMPANY, Inc.VAIL-BALLOU COMPANYBINGHAMTON AND NEW YORKFOREWORDBrazil is the land of the giant among all the rivers of the world. It is the land of giant fruits and giantflowers. Of course it is the land of giant stories too.Years ago when the Portuguese settlers came to Brazil they brought with them the folk-tales of the oldworld. Just as European grass seed, when planted in our Brazilian gardens, soon sends forth such a rank,luxuriant growth that one hardly ...