The White Elephant and Other Tales From India
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The Grain of Corn
The Timid Little Rabbit
Singh Rajah and the Cunning Little Jackals
The Kingdom of Mouseland
The Alligator and the Jackal
The Bold Blackbird
The Kid and the Tiger
The Brahmin and the Tiger
The Bear's Bad Bargain
The Man Who Rode a Tiger
Georgene Faulkner
Georgene Faulkner (1873 – 1958) was an American children's book author and storyteller of the early twentieth century. In her career, she was known and promoted as "the Story Lady." A native Chicagoan, she attended the School of Education of the University of Chicago, then at the forefront of educational reform. When her sister Elizabeth Faulkner started the Faulkner School for Girls in 1909, Georgene was in charge of the kindergarten. She was an accomplished storyteller; she dressed up as Mrs. Santa Claus to tell Christmas stories to children. She also practiced her craft with adult audiences: she traveled to Europe to entertain American troops during World War I. Beginning in 1922, Georgene Faulkner began broadcasting on Chicago radio stations; on stations WMAQ and WGN she had programs titled "The Story Lady" and "Air Castle." She also wrote on children's topics for the Chicago Tribune. Over the space of four decades she wrote or edited a range of children's books. Several of her works were illustrated by Frederick Richardson. In the final phase of her career she addressed the problem of racial prejudice, in the books Melindy's Medal (with John Becker, 1945) and Melindy's Happy Summer (1949).
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The White Elephant and Other Tales From India - Georgene Faulkner
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The White Elephant And Other Tales from Old India
THE WHITE ELEPHANT
THE GRAIN OF CORN
THE TIMID LITTLE RABBIT
SINGH RAJAH AND THE CUNNING LITTLE JACKALS
THE KINGDOM OF MOUSELAND
THE ALLIGATOR AND THE JACKAL
THE BOLD BLACKBIRD
THE KID AND THE TIGER
THE BRAHMIN AND THE TIGER
THE BEAR’S BAD BARGAIN
THE MAN WHO RODE A TIGER
Volland Fairy Stories
No, no,
said the Queen.... I never coax the King to do anything against his will.
The
White Elephant
And Other Tales from Old India
Retold by
Georgene Faulkner
The Story Lady
Illustrated by
Frederick Richardson
Published by
The P. F. Volland Company
Joliet
New York Chicago Boston
The White Elephant, Copyright, 1929
By THE P. F. VOLLAND COMPANY
All Rights Reserved :: Printed in U. S. A.
TO MY RADIO FAMILY
Who, unseen but appreciative,
always request more
Animal Tales
Table of Contents
The White Elephant 11
The Grain of Corn 17
The Timid Little Rabbit 22
Singh Rajah and the Cunning Little Jackals 29
The Kingdom of Mouseland 35
The Alligator and the Jackal 42
The Bold Blackbird 50
The Kid and the Tiger 59
The Brahmin and the Tiger 67
The Bear’s Bad Bargain 75
The Man Who Rode a Tiger 84
My Dear Children:
These old, old tales from India have been favorites for many, many years; some have come down to us from the early days of Buddha, and were taken from a book, called the Jataka Tales,
telling of the Buddha’s previous existences. Some of these old tales have been translated from the Pali by Eugene Watson Burlinghame, and they have also been retold for us in attractive form by Ellen C. Babbitt.
These stories are somewhat similar to stories which we have all known in another form; for instance, our first story of The White Elephant
is somewhat like the story of Androcles and the lion. While the story of The Timid Little Rabbit
is like the old English tale of Chicken Little.
The Story of the Grain of Corn
(which is repeated from Tales of the Punjab
by Flora Annie Steel) compares with our well-known version of The Old Woman and the Pig.
In this same book, we find the story of The Bear’s Bad Bargain,
and we learn how a stupid and clumsy bear is outwitted by a grasping old woman and her greedy husband. Even if they have the best of the bargain, our sympathies are all with the poor old bear.
The King of the Mice,
The Bold Blackbird,
and The Kid and the Tiger
(retold from The Talking Thrush and Other Tales from India,
collected by W. Crooke and retold by W. H. D. Rouse) are all stories of the triumph of the weak and cunning over the brutish and strong. The Bold Blackbird
may remind you of the old French tale of Drakesbill and His Friends.
In many of these old tales, the little Jackal is the hero, and, like Reynard the Fox of European folk lore, and our own Bre’r Rabbit in the Uncle Remus
tales, we find the Jackal through his wit and strategy overcoming the larger, stronger animals.
For example, in the stories of Singh Rajah and the Cunning Little Jackals,
The Alligator and the Jackal,
and The Brahmin and the Tiger,
the Jackal wins his victories by his cunning. These stories of the little Jackal have been retold from Old Deccan Days
by M. Frere, a most interesting book of tales collected from oral tradition. The Valiant Chattee-Maker
is also from the same book.
The pictures drawn by our artist, Frederick Richardson, will delight you. Mr. Richardson always makes each illustration true to life: his people dress in the costumes of the country, and his animals are real animals; you can almost hear the big beasts roaring with rage when the little jackal tricks them.
All these tales I have told to you many times over the radio; now I am glad to place them in your own hands to read and retell yourselves.
Your Story Lady.
THE WHITE ELEPHANT
Once upon a time there stood on the banks of a river, near a large forest, a village of Woodcutters. These Woodcutters would go in their boats to the forest and there they would chop down trees. Then they would roll the logs down to the river, and the river would carry the logs to the village, where they were cut