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Indian Fairy Tales

The Lion And The Crane

How The Raja's Son Won The Princess Labam

The Lambikin

Punchkin

The Broken Pot

The Magic Fiddle

The Cruel Crane Outwitted

Loving Laili

The Tiger, The Brahman, And The Jackal

The Soothsayer's Son

Harisaman

The Charmed Ring

The Talkative Tortoise

A Lac Of Rupees For A Bit Of Advice

The Gold-Giving Serpent

The Son Of Seven Queens

A Lesson For Kings

Pride Goeth Before A Fall

Raja Rasalu

The Ass In The Lion's Skin

The Farmer And The Money-Lender

The Boy Who Had A Moon On His Forehead And A Star On His Chin

The Prince And The Fakir

Why The Fish Laughed

The Demon With The Matted Hair

The Ivory City And Its Fairy Princess

How Sun, Moon, And Wind Went Out To Dinner

How The Wicked Sons Were Duped

The Pigeon And The Crow

Notes And References

I. The Lion And The Crane

VII. The Cruel Crane Outwitted

VIII. Loving Laili

IX. The Tiger, The Brahman, And The Jackal

X. The Soothsayer's Son

XI. Harisarman

XII. The Charmed Ring

XIII. The Talkative Tortoise

XIV. Lac Of Rupees

XV. The Gold-Giving Serpent

XVI. The Son Of Seven Queens

XVII. A Lesson For Kings

XVIII. Pride Goeth Before A Fall

XIX. Raja Rasalu

XX. The Ass In The Lion's Skin

XXI. The Farmer And The Money-Lender

XXII. The Boy With Moon On Forehead

XXIII. The Prince And The Fakir

XXIV. Why The Fish Laughed

XXV. The Demon With The Matted Hair

XXVI. The Ivory Palace

XXVII. Sun, Moon, And Wind

XXVIII. How Wicked Sons Were Duped

XXIX. The Pigeon And The Crow

XXIII. The Prince And The Fakir

Source.—Kindly communicated by Mr. M. L. Dames from his unpublished collection of Baluchi tales.

Remarks.—Unholy fakirs are rather rare. See Temple, Analysis, I. ii. a, p. 394.