THE STORY OF LITTLE BLACK SAMBO > BY HELEN BANNERMAN W^ M UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA *— - 3ck««l of Libiaiy ScWac* JE 2682U1 Bannerman The story of Little Black Sambo This BOOK may be kept out TWO WEEKS ONLY, and is subject to a fine of FIVE CENTS a day thereafter. Iir^w»9"t-aken out on the day indicated below: Apn&'ft lOJun'39 19FEB'4lL$ !4Wav'4TL8 '42LS 17Aug43LS 17Feb'44LS 3May '44 L S SKiti* 24Ju!'44LS llJuI'45 Mayl4'47L* Lib. 10M-N '37 8Jul'47JUS JUL 13 '48 JUL 13 '48 JUL 1 4 '48 1V I Kb W i MR 7 '5Z 1U . v.. JANsi' 4 * 0CT1319SS AUG 11 '49 jfiCT 2 |||0V291949 *{QQ0 v «y 8 5fl BY 23 TO JUN30'5J mm £ °$& 'f£B ^ 6 1955 Wt i 81962 4G19'63 flC2l'b3 ILu- UE24'64 flfc' tta ■& Digitized by the Internet Archive in 2012 with funding from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill http://www.archive.org/details/storyoflittleblabanner THE ONLY AUTHORIZED AMERICAN EDITION The Story of Little Black Sambo BY HELEN BANNERMAN NEW YORK FREDERICK A. STOKES COMPANY PUBLISHERS PREFACE. There is very little to say about the story of Little Black Sambo. Once upon a time there was an English lady in India, where black children abound and ti- gers are everyday affairs, HI J E who had two little girls, To amuse these little girls she used now and then to invent stories, for which, being ex- tremely talented, she also drew and coloured the pictures. Among these stories Little Black Sambo, which was made up on a long railway w journey, was the favour- r< ite ; and it has been put [>o . L IV K into a Dumpy Book, and the pictures copied as exactly as possible, in the hope that you will like it as much as the two little girls did. The Story of Little Black Sambo. The Story of Little Black Sambo. f~)NCE upon a time there was a little black boy, and his name was Little Black Sambo. And his Mother was called Black Mumboo And his Father was called Black Jumbo. And Black Mumbo made him a beautiful little Red Coat, and a pair of beautiful little Blue Trousers, IO And Black Jumbo went to the Bazaar, and bought him a beautiful Green Umbrella, and a lovely little Pair of Pur- ple Shoes with Crimson Soles and Crimson Linings. 12 And then wasn't Little Black Sambo grand ? So he put on all his Fine Clothes, and went out for a walk in the Jungle. And by and by he met a Tiger. And the Tiger said to him, "Little Black Sambo, I'm going to eat you up!" And Little Black Sambo said, "Oh! Please Mr. Tiger, don't eat me up, and I'll give 16 you my beautiful little Red Coat." So the Tiger said, "Very well, I won't eat you this time, but you must give me your beautiful little Red Coat." So the Tiger got poor Little Black Sambo's beautiful little Red Coat, and went away saying, ' ' N ow I'm the grandest Tiger in the Jungle." 18 And Little Black Sambo went on, and by and by he met another Tiger, and it said to him, ''Little Black Sambo, I'm going to eat you up!" And Little Black Sambo said, "Oh! Please Mr, Tiger, don't eat me up, and I'll give 20 you my beautiful little Blue Trousers. " So the Tiger said, "Very well, I wont' eat you this time, but you must give me your beautiful little Blue Trousers/' So the Ti- ger got poor Little Black Sambo's beautiful little Blue Trousers, and went away saying, " Now /'m the grandest Tiger in the Jungle." 22 And Little Black Sambo went on and by and by he met another Tiger, and it said to him, " Little Black Sambo, I'm going to eat you up!" And Little Black Sambo said, "Oh! Please Mr. Tiger, don't eat me up, and I'll give you my beautiful little Purple Shoes with 24 Crimson Soles and Crimson Linings." But the Tiger said, "What use would your shoes be to me? IVe got four feet, and youve got only two; you haven't got enough shoes for me. 26 But Little Black Sam- bo said, "You could wear them on your ears." "So I could," said the Tiger: "that's a very good idea. Give them to me, and I won't eat you this time." *7 So the Tiger got poor Little Black Sambo's beautiful little Purple Shoes with Crimson Soles and Crimson Lin- ings, and went away saying, "Now I'm the grandest Tiger in the Jungle." And by and by Little Black Sambo met an- other Tiger, and it said 28 to him, "Little Black Sambo, I'm going to eat you up!" And Little Black Sambo said, "Oh! Please Mr. Tiger, don't eat me up, and I'll give you my beautiful Green Umbrella/' But the Ti- ger said, "How can I carry an umbrella, when I need all my paws for walking with?" 30 ;T... • \ 9 "You could tie a knot on your tail and carry it that way," said Little Black Sambo. "So I could," said the Tiger. "Give it to me, and I won't eat you this time." So he got poor little Black Sambo's beautiful Green Umbrella, and went away saying, " Now I'm the grandest Tiger in the Jungle." 3* m And poor Little Black Sambo went away crying, because the cruel Tigers had taken all his fine clothes. 34 Presently he heard a horrible noise that sound- ed like "Gr-r-r-r-rrrrrrr," and it got louder and louder. "Oh! dear! said Little Black Sambo, "there are all the Tigers coming back to eat me up! What shall I do?" So he ran quickly to a palm-tree, and peeped round it to see what the matter was. *36 And there he saw all the Tigers fighting, and disputing which of them was the grandest. And at last they all got so angry that they jumped up and took off all the fine clothes, and began to tear each other with their claws, and bite each other with their great big white teeth. 3» t^ert^ And they came, roll- ing and tumbling right to the foot of the very tree where Little Black Sam- bo was hiding, but he jumped quickly in be- hind the umbrella. And the Tigers all caught hold of each others' tails, as they wrangled and scrambled, and so they found themselves in a ring round the tree. 4 o '.'; » ^iggr- Vs* *** = Then, when the Ti- gers were very wee and very far away, Little Black Sambo jumped up, and called out, "Oh ! Tigers! why have you taken off all your nice clothes? Don't you want them any more?" But the Tigers only an- swered, " Gr-r-rrrrr ! " 42 - Then Little Black Sambo said, "If you want them, say so, or I'll take them away." But the Tigers would not let go of each others' tails, and so they could only say ' ' Gr-r-r-r-rrrrrrr ! '' So Little Black Sam- bo put on all his fine clothes again and walk- ed off. 44 And the Tigers were very, very angry, but still they would not let go of each others' tails. And they were so angry, that they ran round the tree, trying to eat each other up, and they ran faster and faster, till they were whirling round so fast that you couldn't see their legs at all. 4 6 And they still ran faster and faster and fast- er, till they all just melt- ed away, and there was nothing left but a great big pool of melted butter (or "ghl," as it is called in India) round the foot of the tree. 4 8 ■• ' - a ■■■ \iM Now Black Jumbo was just coming home from his work, with a great big brass pot in his arms, and when he saw what was left of all the Tigers he said, "Oh! what lovely melted but- ter! I'll take that home to Black Mumbo for her to cook with." 50 S" So he put it all into the great big brass pot, and took it home to Black Mumbo to cook with. When Black Mumbo saw the melted butter, wasn't she pleased! "Now," said she, "we'll all have pancakes for supper!" 52 So she got flour and eggs and milk and sugar and butter, and she made a huge big plate of most lovely pancakes. And she fried them in the melted butter which the Tigers had made, and they were just as yellow and brown as little Tigers. 54 And then they all sat down to supper. And Black Mumbo ate Twenty-seven pancakes, and Black Jumbo ate Fifty-five, but Little Black Sambo ate a Hundred and Sixty- nine, because he was so hungry. 56