THERE was once a Mahárájá, called the Anárbásá, or Pomegranate King; and a Mahárání called the Gulíanár, or Pomegranate-flower. The Mahárání died leaving two children: a little girl of four or five years old, and a little boy of three. The Mahárájá was very sorry when she died, for he loved her dearly. He was…
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THE CAT AND THE DOG (Indian Fairy Tales, 1880) collected and translated by Maive Stokes
Introduction. All cats are aunts to the tigers, and the cat in this story was the aunt of the tiger in this story. She was his mother’s sister. When the tiger’s mother was dying, she called the cat to her, and taking her paw she said, “When I am dead you must take care of…
THE STRANGE TALE OF DOCTOR DOG (A CHINESE WONDER BOOK) BY NORMAN HINSDALE PITMAN
Far up in the mountains of the Province of Hunan in the central part of China, there once lived in a small village a rich gentleman who had only one child. This girl, like the daughter of Kwan-yu in the story of the Great Bell, was the very joy of her father’s life. Now Mr….
THE CAT WHICH COULD NOT BE KILLED (Indian Fairy Tales, 1880) collected and translated by Maive Stokes
THERE were once a dog and a cat, who were always quarrelling. The dog used to beat the cat, but he never could hurt her. She would only dance about and cry, “You never hurt me, you never hurt me! I had a pain in my shoulder, but now it is all gone away.” So…
THE GRATEFUL FOXES (Tales of Old Japan) by A. B. Mitford
One fine spring day two friends went out to a moor to gather fern, attended by a boy with a bottle of wine and a box of provisions. As they were straying about, they saw at the foot of a hill two foxes that had brought out their cub to play; and whilst they looked…
Life’s Secret (Folk-Tales of Bengal, 1912) by Rev. Lal Behari Day
here was a king who had two queens, Duo and Suo. Both of them were childless. One day a Faquir (mendicant) came to the palace-gate to ask for alms. The Suo queen went to the door with a handful of rice. The mendicant asked whether she had any children. On being answered in the negative, the…