http://thetales.com en-us http://thetales.com N/A edy@edyonline.net Sun, 05 Feb 2012 08:08:49 EST 20 http://thetales.com/articles/57/1/The-Ruby-Prince Once upon a time a poor Brahman was walking along a dusty road, when he saw something sparkling on the ground. On picking it up, it turned out to be a small red stone, so, thinking it somewhat curious, the Brahman put it into his pocket and went on his way. Edy Lee Sun, 08 Jan 2006 00:00:00 EST http://thetales.com/articles/56/1/The-Jackal-and-the-Pea-Hen Once upon a time a Jackal and a Pea-hen swore eternal friendship. Every day they had their meals together, and spent hours in pleasant conversation. Edy Lee Sun, 08 Jan 2006 00:00:00 EST http://thetales.com/articles/55/1/The-Jackal-and-the-Partridge A Jackal and a Partridge swore eternal friendship; but the Jackal was very exacting and jealous. "You don't do half as much for me as I do for you," he used to say, "and yet you talk a great deal of your friendship. Now my idea of a friend is one who is able to make me laugh or cry, give me a good meal, or save my life if need be. You couldn't do that!" Edy Lee Sun, 08 Jan 2006 00:00:00 EST http://thetales.com/articles/54/1/The-Jackal-and-the-Iguana One moonlight night, a miserable, half-starved jackal, skulking through the village, found a worn-out pair of shoes in the gutter. They were too tough for him to eat, so, determined to make some use of them, he strung them to his ears like earrings, and, going down to the edge of the pond, gathered all the old bones he could find together, and built a platform with them, plastering it over with mud. Edy Lee Sun, 08 Jan 2006 00:00:00 EST http://thetales.com/articles/53/1/The-Close-Alliance One day a farmer went with his bullocks to plough his field. He had just turned the first furrow, when a tiger walked up to him and said, "Peace be with you, friend! How are you this fine morning?" Edy Lee Sun, 08 Jan 2006 00:00:00 EST http://thetales.com/articles/52/1/The-Charmed-Ring A merchant started his son in life with three hundred rupees, and bade him go to another country and try his luck in trade. The son took the money and departed. He had not gone far before he came across some herdsmen quarrelling over a dog, that some of them wished to kill. "Please do not kill the dog," pleaded the young and tender-hearted fellow; "I will give you one hundred rupees for it." Edy Lee Sun, 08 Jan 2006 00:00:00 EST http://thetales.com/articles/51/1/The-Tiger%2C-the-Brahman%2C-and-the-Jackal Once upon a time, a tiger was caught in a trap. He tried in vain to get out through the bars, and rolled and bit with rage and grief when he failed. Edy Lee Sun, 08 Jan 2006 00:00:00 EST http://thetales.com/articles/50/1/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 asked them who would arrange their marriages and bring them handsome husbands and make their fortunes. The six eldest daughters said, "Papa, Papa, you of course. You will arrange our marriages and bring us handsome husbands and make our fortunes for us." Edy Lee Sun, 08 Jan 2006 00:00:00 EST http://thetales.com/articles/49/1/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 return and she lived on it. But she could never afford to buy nice clothes or toys for her son. Once, when she was going to the market with some grain to sell, she asked her son, "What can I get you from the market?" He promptly replied, "A drum, Mother, get me a drum." Edy Lee Sun, 08 Jan 2006 00:00:00 EST http://thetales.com/articles/48/1/The-Dove%26%2339%3Bs-Egg 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's wife stole the egg. The dove came back to her nest and found the egg missing. Edy Lee Sun, 08 Jan 2006 00:00:00 EST http://thetales.com/articles/47/1/The-Magic-Bowls A man was poor, and his wife nagged him every day for being such a lazy good-for-nothing. The poor fellow would listen to all her abuse patiently, slip out of the house whenever he could, and stay out till it felt safe to come home. Edy Lee Sun, 08 Jan 2006 00:00:00 EST http://thetales.com/articles/46/1/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, she suddenly found herself in a dense forest, all alone. She climbed a tree to see if she could spot her followers anywhere in the distance. Edy Lee Sun, 08 Jan 2006 00:00:00 EST http://thetales.com/articles/45/1/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 his guru in return for all he had received. The disciple said he would do whatever his guru asked him to do. Edy Lee Sun, 08 Jan 2006 00:00:00 EST http://thetales.com/articles/44/1/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 didn't, he married a second with the same hope. When she too turned out to be barren, he married a third, then a fourth, and then the others. But no son and heir was born to make his heart glad and to sit on the throne after him. Edy Lee Sun, 08 Jan 2006 00:00:00 EST http://thetales.com/articles/43/1/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 loved his younger wife and her daughter Edy Lee Sun, 08 Jan 2006 00:00:00 EST http://thetales.com/articles/42/1/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 had. At that moment a very big fish jumped about in the bottom of the basket.   Edy Lee Sun, 08 Jan 2006 00:00:00 EST http://thetales.com/articles/41/1/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. Edy Lee Sun, 08 Jan 2006 00:00:00 EST http://thetales.com/articles/40/1/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 day to the forest near his home to get supplies of wood, which he sold to his neighbours, earning by that means quite enough to give his wife and children all that they needed. Edy Lee Sun, 08 Jan 2006 00:00:00 EST http://thetales.com/articles/39/1/The-Hermit%26%2339%3Bs-Daughter Near a town in India called Ikshumati, on a beautiful wide river, with trees belonging to a great forest near its banks, there dwelt a holy man named Mana Kanaka, who spent a great part of his life praying to God. He had lost his wife when his only child, a lovely girl called Kadali-Garbha, was only a few months old. Edy Lee Sun, 08 Jan 2006 00:00:00 EST http://thetales.com/articles/38/1/A-Crow-and-His-Three-Friends In the branches of a great tree, in a forest in India, lived a wise old crow in a very comfortable, well-built nest. His wife was dead, and all his children were getting their own living; so he had nothing to do but to look after himself. He led a very easy existence, but took a great interest in the affairs of his neighbors. One day, popping his head over the edge of his home, he saw a fierce-looking man stalking along, carrying a stick in one hand and a net in the other.   Edy Lee Sun, 08 Jan 2006 00:00:00 EST http://thetales.com/articles/37/1/The-Beetle-and-the-Silken-Thread The strange adventures related in the story of the Beetle and the Silken Thread took place in the town of Allahabad, "the City of God," so called because it is situated near the point of meeting of the two sacred rivers of India, the Ganges, which the Hindus lovingly call Mother Ganga because they believe its waters can wash away their sins, and the Jumna, which they consider scarcely less holy. Edy Lee Sun, 08 Jan 2006 00:00:00 EST http://thetales.com/articles/36/1/The-Magic-Shoes-and-Staff Far, far away in a town of India called Chinchini, where in days long gone by the ancient gods in whom the people believed are said sometimes to have appeared to those who called upon them for help, there lived three brothers of noble birth, who had never known what it was to want for food, or clothes, or a house to live in. Edy Lee Sun, 08 Jan 2006 00:00:00 EST http://thetales.com/articles/35/1/A-Royal-Thief-Catcher In one of the smaller cities of India called Sravasti the people gathered together on a very hot day to stare at and talk about a stranger, who had come in to the town, looking very weary and walking with great difficulty because his feet were sore with tramping for a long distance on the rough roads. Edy Lee Sun, 08 Jan 2006 00:00:00 EST