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MY FATHER'S DRAGON

STORY BY

RUTH STILES GANNETT

ILLUSTRATIONS BY

RUTH CHRISMAN GANNETT

RANDOM HOUSE . NEW YORK

COPYRIGHT 1948 BY RANDOM HOUSE, INC.

For My

FATHER

CONTENTS

1. My Father Meets the Cat 9

2. My Father Runs Away 15

3. My Father Finds the Island 22

4. My Father Finds the River 31

5. My Father Meets Some Tigers 39

6. My Father Meets A Rhinoceros 48

7. My Father Meets A Lion 56

8. My Father Meets A Gorilla 63

9. My Father Makes A Bridge 73

10. My Father Finds the Dragon 79

Chapter One

MY FATHER MEETS THE CAT