Short Stories from Panchatantra 5
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2021
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Here is the fifth of ten 16-page boxed pamphlets, 7¼" x 9⅜". There are ten stories, each with an explicit moral highlighted apart from the story. The second story is new to me. A sparrow repeatedly urges a monkey to find shelter from the rain. The monkey is so angered to be given advice that he climbs the tree and destroys the sparrow's nest. "Lord Indra's Parrot" is a sad tale about the inescapability of death. "The Foolish Cranes" is a version of "getting a stronger ally to attack one's enemy." That is, get the mongoose through a trail of fish to the cobra's hollow. There is an extra twist here. Originally cranes up in the tree's branches complained about the cobra. After the mongoose kills the cobra, he kills all the cranes too! In "The Thief's Sacrifice," a thief accompanying four rich priests offers himself to save the priests. Better that one die than all five! The closing fables are BW, TB, and LS, the last with allies of fox, jackal, and wolf. The illustrations are in the style of Disney.
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Wonder House: Prakash Books
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