THE LION AND THE CRANE I
HOW THE RAJA’S SON WON THE PRINCESS LABAM 3
THE LAMBIKIN 17
PUNCHKIN 21
THE BROKEN POT 38
THE MAGIC FIDDLE 4O
THE CRUEL CRANE OUTWITTED 46
LOVING LAILI 51
THE TIGER, THE BRAHMAN, AND THE JACKAL 66
THE soothsayer’s SON 70
HARISARMAN 85
THE CHARMED RING 90
THE TALKATIVE TORTOISE IOO
A LAC OF RUPEES FOR A PIECE OF ADVICE I03
THE GOLD-GIVING SERPENT 112
THE SON OF SEVEN QUEENS 115
A LESSON FOR KINGS 127
PRIDE GOETH BEFORE A FALL 132
RAJÄ RASALU 136
THE ASS IN THE LION’S SKIN 150
THE FARMER AND THE MONEY-LENDER 152
THE BOY WHO HAD A MOON ON HIS FOREHEAD AND A STAR ON HIS CHIN 156
THE PRINCE AND THE FAKIR 179
WHY THE FISH LAUGHED 186
THE DEMON WITH THE MATTED HAIR 194
THE IVORY CITY AND ITS FAIRY PRINCESS 199
SUN, MOON, AND WIND GO OUT TO DINNER 218
HOW THE WICKED SONS WERE DUPED 221
THE PIGEON AND THE CROW 223
NOTES AND REFERENCES 227