LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
| Love-cluster ... stood at her lattice window | [Frontispiece] |
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| They took her body to the cemetery and burned it | [17] |
| The thrush suddenly became a goddess | [32] |
| Trusty worshipped the goddess and bravely saluted her | [42] |
| The giant came out in anger and the brave man fought with him | [55] |
| "Do nothing rash, my daughter, leave the rope alone" | [61] |
| Good sank into the ocean, and when he looked about he saw a wonderful city | [67] |
| The brothers went to the ocean, and there they found a turtle | [78] |
| "I understand the cries of all beasts and birds" | [83] |
| She gradually recovered consciousness | [88] |
| When he saw that she was saved, the king cried, "Come, come to me!" | [97] |
| The summer came on him like a lion | [112] |
| With a turn of the wrist he sent the dagger flying from the chief's hand | [121] |
| An elephant came by, crushing the people in his path | [126] |
| He climbed the rock of sacrifice, eager to give his life for another | [148] |
| "Shall I go into the fire or go home?" | [163] |
| The giant laughed aloud, spit fire in his wrath, and showed his dreadful fangs | [174] |
| A merchant named Fortune richer than the god of wealth | [188] |
| The lion arose and killed his four creators | [200] |
| He comforted her and soothed her with tender words | [214] |
TWENTY-TWO GOBLINS
INTRODUCTION
On the bank of the Godavari River is a kingdom called the Abiding Kingdom. There lived the son of King Victory, the famous King Triple-victory, mighty as the king of the gods. As this king sat in judgment, a monk called Patience brought him every day one piece of fruit as an expression of homage. And the king took it and gave it each day to the treasurer who stood near. Thus twelve years passed.
Now one day the monk came to court, gave the king a piece of fruit as usual, and went away. But on this day the king gave the fruit to a pet baby monkey that had escaped from his keepers, and happened to wander in. And as the monkey ate the fruit, he split it open, and a priceless, magnificent gem came out.