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Call It Courage

Call It Courage

Author: Armstrong Sperry
Recommended For: Intermediate and Advanced (4th through 8th grade)
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Call It Courage

Author: Armstrong Sperry
Recommended For: Intermediate and Advanced (4th through 8th grade)

Maftu was afraid of the sea. It had taken his mother when he was a baby, and it seemed to him that the sea gods sought vengeance at having been cheated of Mafatu. So, though he was the son of the Great Chief of Hikueru, a race of Polynesians who worshiped courage, and he was named Stout Heart, he feared and avoided the sea, till everyone branded him a coward. When he could no longer bear their taunts and jibes, he determined to conquer that fear or be conquered-- so he went off in his canoe, alone except for his little dog and pet albatross. A storm gave him his first challenge. Then days on a desert island found him resourceful beyond his own expectation. This is the story of how his courage grew and how he finally returned home. This is a legend. It happened many years ago, but even today the people of Hikueru sing this story and tell it over their evening fires. Valuable story in teaching lessons of courage, and also for introducing students to multi-theism. Use this story to contrast the truths of Christianity with man’s self-created gods.

"Whether this author is telling of clipper ships, of the days of the covered wagon, of the South Sea islands, he writes always with imagination and integrity. Like all hero legends Mafatu's story has a strength and simplicity that appeals to a wide range in age and is beautifully told. Mr. Sperry's fine drawings have the same spirit of adventure as the story and enhance the feeling, of tropical seas and jungle given in the text. The story reads aloud well and will be useful to storytellers." New York Times

"A boy's character at ten years old is more often influenced by emotion than by reasoning. Something in the conduct of a hero leaps like a spark to light his own spirit. A book with a hero can sometimes bring this about. This is such a book.... It is related with unusual skill, carrying along a reader so rapidly he scarcely realizes how well it is being told.... The story is wild enough to be remembered, and it cannot be remembered without doing good." New York Herald Tribune

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