Jataka tales
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About This Book
Eighteen fables from the Jatakas of India, skillfully retold and attractively illustrated. Includes The Monkey and the Crocodile, The Merchant of Seri, The Turtle Who Wouldn't Stop Talking, The Foolish Timid Rabbit, The Banyan Deer, and others. Suitable for ages 7 and up.
Chapters (120)(click to expand)
- Jataka Tales
- FOREWORD
- CONTENTS
- PUBLISHER'S NOTE
- I. THE MONKEY AND THE CROCODILE
- PART I
- PART II
- II. HOW THE TURTLE SAVED HIS OWN LIFE
- III. THE MERCHANT OF SERI
- IV. THE TURTLE WHO COULDN'T STOP TALKING
- V. THE OX WHO WON THE FORFEIT
- VI. THE SANDY ROAD
- VII. THE QUARREL OF THE QUAILS
- VIII. THE MEASURE OF RICE
- IX. THE FOOLISH, TIMID RABBIT
- X. THE WISE AND THE FOOLISH MERCHANT
- XI. THE ELEPHANT GIRLY-FACE
- XII. THE BANYAN DEER
- XIII. THE PRINCES AND THE WATER-SPRITE
- XIV. THE KING'S WHITE ELEPHANT
- XV. THE OX WHO ENVIED THE PIG
- XVI. GRANNY'S BLACKIE
- XVII. THE CRAB AND THE CRANE
- XVIII. WHY THE OWL IS NOT KING OF THE BIRDS
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