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    THE WHITE ELEPHANT - 11 illustrated tales from Old India
    THE WHITE ELEPHANT - 11 illustrated tales from Old India
    THE WHITE ELEPHANT - 11 illustrated tales from Old India
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    THE WHITE ELEPHANT - 11 illustrated tales from Old India

    By Anon E. Mouse, Retold by Georgene Faulkner and Illustrated by FREDERICK RICHARDSON

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    Herein are 11 illustrated children’s tales from Old India, all with lessons to equip children for life. In this volume you will find the stories of:
    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

    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 beyond. Some have been taken from a book, called the “Jataka Tales,” (also published by Abela Publishing) telling of the Buddha’s previous existences. Others have been translated from the Pali, or Magadhan, 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) 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.”

    So sit back with a steamy beverage and be prepared to be entertained for many-an-hour.

    10% of the profit from the sale of this book will be donated to charities.
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    ABOUT THE STORY LADY: Georgene Faulkner (1873 – 1958) was a native of Chicago and a prominent American children's book author and storyteller of the early twentieth century. During her career, she was known and promoted as "the Story Lady."
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    KEYWORDS/ Tales from Old India, fairy tales, folklore, myths, legends, children’s stories, childrens stories, bygone era, fairydom, ethereal, fairy land, classic stories, children’s bedtime stories, happy place, happiness, White Elephant, Grain of Corn, Timid Little Rabbit, Singh Rajah, Cunning Little Jackals, Kingdom of Mouseland, Alligator and the Jackal, Bold Blackbird, Kid and the Tiger, Brahmin and the Tiger, Bear’s Bad Bargain, Man Who Rode a Tiger, moral tales, lessons for life, life lessons
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherAbela Publishing
    Release dateMay 16, 2018
    ISBN9788828324652
    THE WHITE ELEPHANT - 11 illustrated tales from Old India

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      THE WHITE ELEPHANT - 11 illustrated tales from Old India - Anon E. Mouse

      will."

      The

      White Elephant

      And Other Tales from Old India

      Retold by

      Georgene Faulkner

      Illustrated by

      Frederick Richardson

      Originally Published by

      The P. F. Volland Company, Joliet

      [1929]

      Resurrected by

      Abela Publishing, London

      [2018]

      The White Elephant

      and Other Tales from Old India

      Typographical arrangement of this edition

      © Abela Publishing

      2018

      This book may not be reproduced in its current

      format in any manner in any media, or transmitted by

      any means whatsoever, electronic, electrostatic, magnetic

      tape, or mechanical

      (including photocopy, file or video recording,

      internet web sites, blogs, wikis, or any other

      information storage and retrieval system)

      except as permitted by law without the prior written

      permission of the publisher.

      Abela Publishing,

      London

      United Kingdom

      ISBN-: 978-x-xxxxxx-xx-x

      email

      Books@AbelaPublishing.com

      Website

      Abela Publishing

      Dedication

      TO MY RADIO FAMILY

      Who, unseen but appreciative,

      always request more

      Animal Tales

      Table of Contents

      To My Children

      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, andThe Kid and the Tiger (retold from The Talking Thrush and Other Tales from India, collected by W. Crooke and9retold 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 ofDrakesbill 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, andThe 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 into boards and used by the carpenters in building houses and temples.

      One day, when the Woodcutters were all busily at work chopping down trees, they heard a great bellowing. A huge Elephant came limping along on three legs, and every little while he gave a great snort.

      One of the Woodcutters went up to the Elephant and examined his sore foot. Come here and help me pull out this big splinter in the Elephant’s foot! he called to the other men. No wonder the poor fellow is crying with pain.

      The Woodcutters all helped. They pulled the splinter12out of the Elephant’s foot and they brought water from the river and washed the wound carefully. They brought mud from the river banks and spread a mud plaster upon it, andone man tore up his scarf and bound it about the sore foot.

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