Famous Fables from Panchtantra
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Sarkar, S.N.
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1994
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Here are 33 fables on 71 pages in a book 7½" x about 9½". There are plenty of old friends here from the Panchatantra tradition, like "The Mice Ate the Gold" (10); "The Three Fish" (22); and "Tortoise in the Air" (36). The most surprising feature of this book for me is the inclusion of fables from outside the Panchatantra tradition, like GGE (28); FG (60); and LM (66). Further such surprises are ”The Cat Verdict” (46); MSA (52); and BS (58). Stories are two pages long, with a partial-page colored illustration for each fable. Between 34 and 56, the titles are curiously half filled in with ink. New to me is the last story, “Gift of the River” (70). A man observes what he thinks is a good blanket in the river. He jumps in to get it. The blanket turns out to be a bear, which will not let him go. Passers-by urge him to leave the blanket. “I am trying my best to get rid of the blanket but the damned blanket is not ready to leave me.”
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Dhingra Publishing House
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