Rago and Goni, The Tree-Dweller Children

Rago and Goni were brother and sister.

They lived a long time ago in a country far, far away.

They were the first little boy and girl that we know anything about.

Rago and Goni lived among the tall trees on the wooded hill near the river.

They lived with their mother and baby sister.


Rago was twelve years old and Goni was seven.

Baby sister was much younger. She was too little to take care of herself.

Mother always carried her little girl with her.

Of course she could not carry her baby in her arms, for she needed her hands for other things.

Sometimes the baby clung to a strong vine which her mother tied around her waist.

Sometimes she just held fast to


 her mother’s waist or clung to her neck.

One morning very early Rago awakened with a start.

He sat up and listened.

He had been fast asleep in the branches of the strong oak tree.

Rago and Goni always slept in trees.

Really the trees were the only home Rago and Goni knew.

That night their mother had


 selected beds in the oak trees, because the strong branches were woven together with vines.