CONTENTS.

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I.—[How the Hare got his Lip Split] 1
II.—[The Story of the Tiger and the Man] 6
III.—[The Story of Good Faith] 12
IV.—[The Story of the Two Neighbours] 20
V.—[The Story of the Cat and the Mice] 26
VI.—[The Story of the Foolish Young Mussulman] 30
VII.—[The Kyang, the Fox, the Wolf and the Hare] 43
VIII.—[The Frog and the Crow] 48
IX.—[The Hare and the Lions] 51
X.—[The Sheep, the Lamb, the Wolf and the Hare] 56
XI.—[The Story of how the Hare made a Fool of the Wolf] 60
XII.—[The Mouse’s Three Children] 68
XIII.—[The Jackals and the Tiger] 76
XIV.—[The Story of the Three Thieves] 80
XV.—[The Story of the Boy with the Deformed Head] 92
XVI.—[The Prince and the Ogre’s Castle] 103
XVII.—[The Story of the Stone Lion] 116
XVIII.—[The Story of the Lama’s Servant] 124
XIX.—[The Country of the Mice] 133
XX.—[The Story of the Tortoise and the Monkey] 141
XXI.—[The Story of Room Bacha and Baki] 147
XXII.—[The Story of the Home-bred Boy] 158
[The Story of the Home-bred Boy] (continued) 166
[The Story of the Home-bred Boy] (continued) 172
[Some Verses from Tibetan Love-songs] 175

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LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.

[One of the Story-tellers, with his Family and Servants] Frontispiece
[The Hare and the Tiger] Facing p. 2
[The Wicked Neighbour removing Young Sparrow from Nest] 22
[“Worthy Father, I am turned into this”] 25
[The Young Mussulman pursued by his own Shadow] 35
[The Crow and the Frog in the Gutter] 48
[The Hare conversing with the Wolf] 58
[The Tiger and the Monkey approaching the Jackal’s Den] 79
[The Dragon attacking the Griffon’s Nest] 98
[The Stone Lion vomiting Gold] 121
[The Mice Crossing the Stream] 137
[The Monkey calling into the Tortoise’s Cave] 145
[The Glass Pillars dancing for the Ogre] 147

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FOLK TALES FROM TIBET.

STORY No. I.