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I. [THE LION AND THE CRANE] [1]
II. [HOW THE RAJA'S SON WON THE PRINCESS LABAM] [3]
III. [THE LAMBIKIN] [17]
IV. [PUNCHKIN] [21]
V. [THE BROKEN POT] [38]
VI. [THE MAGIC FIDDLE] [40]
VII. [THE CRUEL CRANE OUTWITTED] [46]
VIII. [LOVING LAILI] [51]
IX. [THE TIGER, THE BRAHMAN, AND THE JACKAL] [66]
X. [THE SOOTHSAYER'S SON] [70]
XI. [HARISARMAN] [85]
XII. [THE CHARMED RING] [90]
XIII. [THE TALKATIVE TORTOISE] [100]
XIV. [A LAC OF RUPEES FOR A PIECE OF ADVICE] [103]
XV. [THE GOLD-GIVING SERPENT] [112]
XVI. [THE SON OF SEVEN QUEENS] [115]
XVII. [A LESSON FOR KINGS] [127]
XVIII. [PRIDE GOETH BEFORE A FALL] [132]
XIX. [RAJA RASALU] [136]
XX. [THE ASS IN THE LION'S SKIN] [150]
XXI. [THE FARMER AND THE MONEY-LENDER] [152]
XXII. [THE BOY WHO HAD A MOON ON HIS FOREHEAD AND A STAR ON
HIS CHIN]		 [156]
XXIII. [THE PRINCE AND THE FAKIR] [179]
XXIV. [WHY THE FISH LAUGHED] [186]
XXV. [THE DEMON WITH THE MATTED HAIR] [194]
XXVI. [THE IVORY CITY AND ITS FAIRY PRINCESS] [199]
XXVII. [SUN, MOON, AND WIND GO OUT TO DINNER] [218]
XXVIII. [HOW THE WICKED SONS WERE DUPED] [221]
XXIX. [THE PIGEON AND THE CROW] [223]
[NOTES AND REFERENCES] [227]