The Talking Beasts_ A Book of Fable Wisdom - Nora Archibald Smith

well, I'll share it with you," said the Tiger. The Mouse-deer replied, "You may share it with me ...

The Tune That Makes the Tiger Drowsy There is a tune which when played upon the "Kerotong" (a two-s ...

The King-crow and the Water-snail A Water-snail was coming up-stream from the lower reaches, when a King-cro ...

Lotong yonder is far too noisy; let us try and shake him off; if he falls to me I am to eat you; and if h ...

Presently, therefore, the Tiger asked the Elephant, "Well, Friend Elephant, would you like to try your luck ...

me." "What was the stake?" asked the Mouse-deer. "The stake was that Friend Tiger might eat me if Friend T ...

you mean by 'so much noise'? What was the Thing that was got upon Friend Elephant's back, that had caugh ...

MOORISH FABLES "While watching man in all his phases, And seeing that, in many cases, He acts ...

out his paws and said to the Fox, "I am ill; come and measure, Fox." The Fox approached. The Hound seized h ...

"Truly," he said to them, "the Camel is a gigantic animal, but I am not ashamed of myself." On the ear ...

know three words—outini, ouzatini, ouazakin." "Show it to me," said the Lion. He approached. The Mule s ...

AFRICAN FABLES "The world is old, they say; I don't deny it; But, infant still ...

went home. When it was gone the Hen arose, called a child of hers, and said: "Go and ask the Cat at what ...

The Hen did not get up at home and day came on. When it became day, the Cat arose in her house, went to ...

of the Cat's mouth." The people of the town said to her: "To-day our Lord has delivered thee, but for the ...

"Come, behold, I have seen something dead, lying at the door of our house, and when I had seen it ...

bag with them. I brought them to my children, and when my children were around me, I threw the Toads ...

do, arise, and begin to do it. I will see!" The Rat, attending to what the toad said, got ready and th ...

stick he said to the Toad: "Brother Toad, I have looked at thy whole body, and not seen any wale of ...

The Rat does not come out of its hole and walk about except at night. What the Toad and the Rat did, t ...