INDIAN FAIRY TALES

Contents


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I. THE LION AND THE CRANE 1

II. HOW THE RAJA'S SON WON THE PRINCESS LABAM 3

III. THE LAMBIKIN 17

IV. PUNCHKIN 21

V. THE BROKEN POT 38

VI. THE MAGIC FIDDLE 40

VII. THE CRUEL CRANE OUTWITTED 46

VIII. LOVING LAILI 51

IX. THE TIGER, THE BRAHMAN, AND THE JACKAL 66

X. THE SOOTHSAYER'S SON 70

XI. HARISARMAN 85

XII. THE CHARMED RING 90

XIII. THE TALKATIVE TORTOISE 100

XIV. A LAC OF RUPEES FOR A PIECE OF ADVICE 103

XV. THE GOLD-GIVING SERPENT 112

XVI. THE SON OF SEVEN QUEENS 115

XVII. A LESSON FOR KINGS 127

XVIII. PRIDE GOETH BEFORE A FALL 132

XIX. RAJA RASALU 136

XX. THE ASS IN THE LION'S SKIN 150

XXI. THE FARMER AND THE MONEY-LENDER 152

XXII. THE BOY WHO HAD A MOON ON HIS FOREHEAD
AND A STAR ON HIS CHIN 156

XXIII. THE PRINCE AND THE FAKIR 179

XXIV. WHY THE FISH LAUGHED 186

XXV. THE DEMON WITH THE MATTED HAIR 194

XXVI. THE IVORY CITY AND ITS FAIRY PRINCESS 199

XXVII. SUN, MOON, AND WIND GO OUT TO DINNER 218

XXVIII. HOW THE WICKED SONS WERE DUPED 221

XXIX. THE PIGEON AND THE CROW 223

NOTES AND REFERENCES 227

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Full-page Illustrations


PRINCESS LABAM _Frontispiece_

THE LION AND THE CRANE _To face page_ 2

PUNCHKIN " 36

LOVING LAILI " 64

THE CHARMED RING " 96

THE SON OF SEVEN QUEENS " 120

RAJA RASALU " 146

BOY WITH MOON ON FOREHEAD " 165

DEMON WITH MATTED HAIR " 196