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I. [Tales of the Jungle][13]
1 [A Child of the Woods][15]
2 [The Enchanted Mountain][17]
3 [The Spirit-Guarded Cave][20]
4 [The Mountain Spirits and the Stone Mortars][23]
II. [Fables from the Forest][25]
1 [Right and Might][27]
2 [Why the Lip of the Elephant Droops][29]
3 [How a Dead Tiger Killed the Princess][32]
4 [The Monkeys and the Crabs][33]
III. [Nature’s Riddles and their Answers][35]
1 [The Man in the Moon][37]
2 [The Origin of Lightning][38]
3 [Why the Parrot and the Minor Bird but Echo the Words of Man][41]
4 [The Fatherless Birds][44]
IV. [Romance and Tragedy][47]
1 [The Lovers’ Leap][49]
2 [The Faithful Husband][51]
3 [The Faithful Wife][57]
4 [An Unexpected Issue][60]
V. [Temples and Priests][63]
1 [The Giants’ Mountain and the Temple][65]
2 [Cheating the Priest][67]
3 [The Disappointed Priest][69]
4 [The Greedy Priest][71]
5 [The Ambitious Priest][73]
[8 ]VI. [Moderation and Greed][75]
1 [The Wizard and the Beggar][77]
2 [A Covetous Neighbor][80]
3 [A Lazy Man’s Plot][83]
4 [The Ungrateful Fisherman][84]
5 [The Legend of the Rice][85]
VII. [Parables and Proverbs][87]
1 [“One Woman, in Deceit and Craft, is More than a Match for Eight Men”][89]
2 [“The Wisest Man of a Small Village is Not Equal in Wisdom to a Boy of the City Streets”][93]
3 [“To Aid Beast is Merit; to Aid Man is But Vanity”][95]
VIII. [The Gods Know and the Gods Reward][99]
1 [Love’s Secrets][101]
2 [Poison-Mouth][103]
3 [Strife and Peace][105]
4 [The Widow’s Punishment][107]
5 [Honesty Rewarded][109]
6 [The Justice of In Ta Pome][111]
IX. [Wonders of Wisdom][113]
1 [The Words of Untold Value][115]
2 [A Wise Philosopher][119]
3 [The Boys Who Were Not Appreciated][122]
4 [The Magic Well][126]
X. [Strange Fortunes of Strange People][129]
1 [The Fortunes of Ai Powlo][131]
2 [The Fortunes of a Lazy Beggar][135]
3 [The Misfortunes of Paw Yan][139]
4 [An Unfortunate Shot][141]
[9 ]XI. [Stories Gone Astray][143]
1 [The Blind Man][145]
2 [“Heads, I Win. Tails, You Lose”][148]
3 [The Great Boaster][149]
4 [A Clever Thief][151]
5 [Eyeless-Needle, Rotten-Egg, Rotten-Banana, Old-Fish and Broken-Pestle][152]