CONTENTS: Headpiece ix
" Tailpiece xi
THE TALKING THRUSH:
Initial 1
THE RABBIT AND THE MONKEY:
Initial 8
Man with Bamboo Pole 9
"Sit in front of that Man" 11
Tailpiece 15
THE SPARROW'S REVENGE:
"Up jumped the Boy, and out he ran" 19
THE JUDGMENT OF THE JACKAL:
Initial 21
"The Merchant was much dismayed" 22
"And away they went" 23
HOW THE MOUSE GOT INTO HIS HOLE:
Initial 25
KING SOLOMON AND THE OWL:
Initial 30
Tailpiece 32
THE CAMEL'S NECK:
Headpiece 33
THE QUAIL AND THE FOWLER:
Headpiece 36
Tailpiece 38
THE KING OF THE KITES:
Initial 39
"The Frog turned up his flat nose" 41
THE JACKAL AND THE CAMEL:
Tailpiece 46
THE WISE OLD SHEPHERD:
Initial 47
The Fifth Shepherd 51
Tailpiece 52
BEWARE OF BAD COMPANY:
Initial 53
THE CAT AND THE SPARROWS:
Initial 61
"Just at that moment up came a Cat" 63
Tailpiece 64
THE FOOLISH FISH:
Initial 65
Tailpiece 71
THE CLEVER GOAT:
Tailpiece 75
A CROW IS A CROW FOR EVER:
"And took him home to the Palace" 77
Tailpiece 80
THE GRATEFUL GOAT:
Initial 81
Tailpiece 84
THE CUNNING JACKAL:
Initial 85
THE FARMER'S ASS:
"He shaved off every scrap of hair
from his head" 89
"It was not easy to get their hair
back again" 92
Tailpiece 92
THE PARROT JUDGE:
The Parrot in Court 95
Tailpiece 96
THE FROG AND THE SNAKE:
Tailpiece 98
"He saw a Frog swimming on the top
of the water" 99
LITTLE MISS MOUSE AND HER FRIENDS:
Tailpiece 104
THE JACKAL THAT LOST HIS TAIL:
"Suddenly cut off the Jackal's tail" 106
Tailpiece 109
THE WILY TORTOISE:
Initial 110
Tailpiece 111
THE VALIANT BLACKBIRD:
"He sent a Fowler to catch him" 117
Tailpiece 122
THE GOAT AND THE HOG:
A Demon 123
Tailpiece 126
THE PARROT AND THE PARSON:
Initial 127
Tailpiece 129
THE LION AND THE HARE:
Initial 130
Tailpiece 131
THE MONKEY'S BARGAINS:
Initial 132
THE MONKEY'S REBUKE:
"Oft had this Monkey seen the
Milkman pour water into the
Milk-cans" 140
"Then after a while he came to
a Pond" 141
Tailpiece 144
THE BULL AND THE BULLFINCH:
Initial 145
Tailpiece 149
THE SWAN AND THE CROW:
Initial 150
"Hm, hm," said the Judge, looking
at the Crow 153
Tailpiece 155
PRIDE SHALL HAVE A FALL:
Initial 156
Tailpiece 159
THE KID AND THE TIGER:
Initial 160
THE STAG, THE CROW, AND THE JACKAL:
Initial 166
Tailpiece 169
THE MONKEY AND THE CROWS:
"O Monkey, what a fool you must be!" 171
Tailpiece 172
THE SWAN AND THE PADDY-BIRD:
Initial 173
Tailpiece 175
WHAT IS A MAN:
"He espied an Elephant" 178
"I am a Man," said the other 180
THE WOUND AND THE SCAR:
Initial 182
Tailpiece 185
THE CAT AND THE PARROT:
"The Cat said to the Parrot, Come,
friend" 187
"An old woman happened to be near" 191