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Chola in His Father's Shop (See [page 19])[Frontispiece]
Buying Sweets in the Bazaar[30]
"First there came a big elephant"[57]
"These the children twisted into wreaths and threw into the river"[69]
The Marriage of Shriya[76]
"Suddenly, up out of the jungle, there sprang a great yellow tiger"[102]


Our Little Hindu Cousin

CHAPTER I

CHOLA AT HOME

It was barely light when little Chola rolled out of his blanket and gave his cousin Mahala a shake as he lay stretched out beside him.

"Lazy one, listen! I hear little kids bleating below in the courtyard; the new goats with the long hair must have come. Hasten! We will be the first to see them!"