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• 1.The Magic Pitcher
• Long, long ago there lived far away in India a woodcutter called Subha Datta and his family, who were all very happy together. The father went every d...
• 2.Bopoluchi
• A number of young girls were drawing water at the village well and telling each other their fantasies of when and whom and how they would marry. One o...
• 3.Why the Fish Laughed
• As a fisherwoman passed by the palace hawking her fish, the queen appeared at one of the windows and beckoned her to come near and show her what she h...
• 4.Sukhu and Dukhu
• A man had two wives and had a daughter by each of them. Dukhu was the daughter of the elder wife and Sukhu was the daughter of the younger. The man lo...
• 5.The Ogress Queen
• People tell a story about a king who had seven wives but no children. When he married the first woman, he thought she would bear him a son. When she d...
• 6.Living Like a Pig
• One day, a guru foresaw in a flash of vision what he would be in his next life. So he called his favorite disciple and asked him what he would do for ...
• 7.One More Use for Artists
• A great raja's daughter was beautiful and talented, and she loved to hunt in the woods on horseback. One day, as she was galloping after a fine buck, ...
• 8.The Magic Bowls
• A dove laid an egg in the hollow of a big tree in front of the blacksmith's house. When she flew away from her nest in search of food, the blacksmith'...
• 9.A Drum
• A poor woman had only one son. She worked hard cleaning houses and grinding grain for the well-to-do families in town. They gave her some grain in ret...
• 10.Parwati and the Beggar-Man
• Once upon a time there was a town called Atpat. In It there lived a Brahman. He had seven daughters, and when they had reached a marriageable age he a...