{"product_id":"2940015723229","title":"Hindu Tales from the Sanskrit","description":"CONTENTS.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1. The Magic Pitcher\u003cbr\u003e2. The Story of a Cat, a Mouse, a Lizard and an Owl\u003cbr\u003e3. A Royal Thief-Catcher\u003cbr\u003e4. The Magic Shoes and Staff\u003cbr\u003e5. The Jewelled Arrow\u003cbr\u003e6. The Beetle and the Silken Thread\u003cbr\u003e7. A Crow and His Three Friends\u003cbr\u003e8. A Clever Thief\u003cbr\u003e9. The Hermit's Daughter\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSTORY I\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Magic Pitcher.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER I\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLong, long ago there lived far away in India a woodcutter called Subha\u003cbr\u003eDatta and his family, who were all very happy together. The father\u003cbr\u003ewent every day to the forest near his home to get supplies of wood,\u003cbr\u003ewhich he sold to his neighbours, earning by that means quite enough\u003cbr\u003eto give his wife and children all that they needed. Sometimes he took\u003cbr\u003ehis three boys with him, and now and then, as a special treat, his two\u003cbr\u003elittle girls were allowed to trot along beside him. The boys longed to\u003cbr\u003ebe allowed to chop wood for themselves, and their father told them that\u003cbr\u003eas soon as they were old enough he would give each of them a little axe\u003cbr\u003eof his own. The girls, he said, must be content with breaking off small\u003cbr\u003etwigs from the branches he cut down, for he did not wish them to chop\u003cbr\u003etheir own fingers off. This will show you what a kind father he was,\u003cbr\u003eand you will be very sorry for him when you hear about his troubles.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAll went well with Subha Datta for a long time. Each of the boys had\u003cbr\u003ehis own little axe at last, and each of the girls had a little pair\u003cbr\u003eof scissors to cut off twigs; and very proud they all were when they\u003cbr\u003ebrought some wood home to their mother to use in the house. One day,\u003cbr\u003ehowever, their father told them they could none of them come with him,\u003cbr\u003efor he meant to go a very long way into the forest, to see if he could\u003cbr\u003efind better wood there than nearer home. Vainly the boys entreated him\u003cbr\u003eto take them with him. \"Not to-day,\" he said, \"you would be too tired\u003cbr\u003eto go all the way, and would lose yourselves coming back alone. You\u003cbr\u003emust help your mother to-day and play with your sisters.\" They had\u003cbr\u003eto be content, for although Hindu children are as fond of asking\u003cbr\u003equestions as English boys and girls, they are very obedient to their\u003cbr\u003eparents and do all they are told without making any fuss about it.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOf course, they expected their father would come back the day he\u003cbr\u003estarted for the depths of the forest, although they knew he would\u003cbr\u003ebe late. What then was their surprise when darkness came and there\u003cbr\u003ewas no sign of him! Again and again their mother went to the door\u003cbr\u003eto look for him, expecting every moment to see him coming along the\u003cbr\u003ebeaten path which led to their door. Again and again she mistook the\u003cbr\u003ecry of some night-bird for his voice calling to her. She was obliged\u003cbr\u003eat last to go to bed with a heavy heart, fearing some wild beast had\u003cbr\u003ekilled him and that she would never see him again.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1. What do you think had become of Subha Datta?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e2. What would you have done when he did not come back?","brand":"SAP","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47147844862192,"sku":"2940015723229","price":0.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940015723229","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}