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Shedlock. Eastern Stories

Today's free book is Eastern Stories and Legends by Marie L. Shedlock. You can find out more about this book in the Jataka Tales (Shedlock) unit of the Myth-Folklore UnTextbook.

For the table of contents, check at the bottom of this post below the image.

The book is available at Internet Archive, Google Books, Hathi Books, and the Baldwin Project.



The Hare That Ran Away
The Monkey and the Crocodile
The Spirit That Lived in a Tree
The Hare That Was Not Afraid to Die
The Parrot That Fed His Parents
The Man Who Worked to Give Alms
The King Who Saw the Truth
The Bull That Demanded Fair Treatment
The Bull That Proved His Gratitude
The Horse That Held Out to the End
The Monkey That Saved the Herd
The Golden Mallard
The Merchant Who Overcame All Obstacles
The Elephant That Was Honored in Old Age
The Faithful Friend
The Hawk and the Osprey

Grandmother's Golden Dish
The Elephant That Spared Life
How the Antelope Was Caught
The Banyan Deer
The Pupil Who Taught His Teacher
The Man Who Told a Lie
The Crow That Thought It Knew

The Judas Tree
The River-Fish and the Monkey
The Dreamer in the Wood

The Rice Measure
The Poisonous Trees
The Well-Trained Elephant
The Wise Physician

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