Right and Might While a deer was eating wild fruit, he heard an owl call, “Haak, haak”, and a cricket cry, “Wat”, and, frightened, he fled. In his flight he
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The Bear Woman One day when out hunting, the man came on a patch of lily roots. On his return home he said to his wife, “I saw a fine
The Frog Maiden (Burma) An old couple was childless, and the husband and the wife longed for a child. So when the wife found that she was with child, they
The Town Mouse and the Field Mouse A mouse living in the town one day met a mouse which lived in the field. “Where do you come from?” asked the
Cat and Mouse in Partnership A cat and a mouse wanted to live together and keep house as a partnership. They prepared for winter by buying a pot of fat,
Katie Woodencloak Once on a time there was a king who had become a widower. By his queen he had one daughter, who was so clever and lovely, there wasn’t
Cinderella Once there was a gentleman who married, for his second wife, the proudest and most haughty woman that was ever seen. She had, by a former husband, two daughters
The Gold-Giving Snake In a certain place there lived a Brahman by the name of Haridatta. He tilled the soil, but his time in the field brought him no harvest.
The Broken Pot In a certain place there lived a Brahman by the name of Svabhvakripana, which means “luckless by his very nature.” By begging he acquired a quantity of
The Monkey’s Heart Once upon a time, while Brahmadatta was king of Benares, the Bodhisatta came to life at the foot of the Himalayas as a monkey. He grew strong