Vulgar words in The Talking Thrush - and Other Tales from India (Page 1)
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[Illustration] Contents PAGE THE TALKING THRUSH 1 THE RABBIT AND THE MONKEY 8 THE SPARROW'S REVENGE 16 THE JUDGMENT OF THE JACKAL 21 HOW THE MOUSE GOT INTO HIS HOLE 25 KING SOLOMON AND THE OWL 30 THE CAMEL'S NECK 33 THE QUAIL AND THE FOWLER 36 THE KING OF THE KITES 39 THE JACKAL AND THE CAMEL 43 THE WISE OLD SHEPHERD 47 BEWARE OF BAD COMPANY 53 THE FOOLISH WOLF 55 REFLECTED GLORY 58 THE CAT AND THE SPARROWS 61 THE FOOLISH FISH 65 THE CLEVER GOAT 72 A CROW IS A CROW FOR EVER 76 THE GRATEFUL GOAT 81 THE CUNNING JACKAL; OR, THE BITER BIT 85 THE FARMER'S ASS 89 THE PARROT JUDGE 93 THE FROG AND THE SNAKE 97 LITTLE MISS MOUSE AND HER FRIENDS 101 THE JACKAL THAT LOST HIS TAIL 105 THE WILY TORTOISE 110 THE KING OF THE MICE 112 THE VALIANT BLACKBIRD 117 THE GOAT AND THE HOG 123 THE PARROT AND THE PARSON 127 THE LION AND THE HARE 130 THE MONKEY'S BARGAINS 132 THE MONKEY'S REBUKE 139 THE BULL AND THE BULLFINCH 145 THE SWAN AND THE CROW 150 PRIDE SHALL HAVE A FALL 156 THE KID AND THE TIGER 160 THE STAG, THE CROW, AND THE JACKAL 166 THE MONKEY AND THE CROWS 170 THE SWAN AND THE PADDY-BIRD 173 WHAT IS A MAN?
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176 THE WOUND AND THE SCAR 182 THE CAT AND THE PARROT 186 NOTES 195 [Illustration] List of Illustrations "A CROW IS A CROW FOR EVER" _Frontispiece_ PAGE TITLE-PAGE v PREFACE: Headpiece vii CONTENTS: Headpiece ix " Tailpiece xi THE TALKING THRUSH: Initial 1 THE RABBIT AND THE MONKEY: Initial 8 Man with Bamboo Pole 9 "Sit in front of that Man" 11 Tailpiece 15 THE SPARROW'S REVENGE: "Up jumped the Boy, and out he ran" 19 THE JUDGMENT OF THE JACKAL: Initial 21 "The Merchant was much dismayed" 22 "And away they went" 23 HOW THE MOUSE GOT INTO HIS HOLE: Initial 25 KING SOLOMON AND THE OWL: Initial 30 Tailpiece 32 THE CAMEL'S NECK: Headpiece 33 THE QUAIL AND THE FOWLER: Headpiece 36 Tailpiece 38 THE KING OF THE KITES: Initial 39 "The Frog turned up his flat nose" 41 THE JACKAL AND THE CAMEL: Tailpiece 46 THE WISE OLD SHEPHERD: Initial 47 The Fifth Shepherd 51 Tailpiece 52 BEWARE OF BAD COMPANY: Initial 53 THE CAT AND THE SPARROWS: Initial 61 "Just at that moment up came a Cat" 63 Tailpiece 64 THE FOOLISH FISH: Initial 65 Tailpiece 71 THE CLEVER GOAT: Tailpiece 75 A CROW IS A CROW FOR EVER: "And took him home to the Palace" 77 Tailpiece 80 THE GRATEFUL GOAT: Initial 81 Tailpiece 84 THE CUNNING JACKAL: Initial 85 THE FARMER'S ASS: "He shaved off every scrap of hair from his head" 89 "It was not easy to get their hair back again" 92 Tailpiece 92 THE PARROT JUDGE: The Parrot in Court 95 Tailpiece 96 THE FROG AND THE SNAKE: Tailpiece 98 "He saw a Frog swimming on the top of the water" 99 LITTLE MISS MOUSE AND HER FRIENDS: Tailpiece 104 THE JACKAL THAT LOST HIS TAIL: "Suddenly cut off the Jackal's tail" 106 Tailpiece 109 THE WILY TORTOISE: Initial 110 Tailpiece 111 THE VALIANT BLACKBIRD: "He sent a Fowler to catch him" 117 Tailpiece 122 THE GOAT AND THE HOG: A Demon 123 Tailpiece 126 THE PARROT AND THE PARSON: Initial 127 Tailpiece 129 THE LION AND THE HARE: Initial 130 Tailpiece 131 THE MONKEY'S BARGAINS: Initial 132 THE MONKEY'S REBUKE: "Oft had this Monkey seen the Milkman pour water into the Milk-cans" 140 "Then after a while he came to a Pond" 141 Tailpiece 144 THE BULL AND THE BULLFINCH: Initial 145 Tailpiece 149 THE SWAN AND THE CROW: Initial 150 "Hm, hm," said the Judge, looking at the Crow 153 Tailpiece 155 PRIDE SHALL HAVE A FALL: Initial 156 Tailpiece 159 THE KID AND THE TIGER: Initial 160 THE STAG, THE CROW, AND THE JACKAL: Initial 166 Tailpiece 169 THE MONKEY AND THE CROWS: "O Monkey, what a fool you must be!"
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The Foolish Wolf A WOLF and an Ass were great friends, and they spent most of their time playing at an original game of their own.
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"Ha, ha, ha," said the Boy, "what a coward that Wolf is, to run away from an Ass."
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Suppose I leave him for to-morrow, and go for a spin with my friend the Jackass."
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So he left the Boy in his den, and off he went after the Jackass.
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The Farmer's Ass THERE was once a Farmer, who had an Ass.
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It was the habit of this Ass to lift up his voice and bray, whenever he heard the church bells a-ringing.
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So this Farmer thought that any Ass that was fond of church bells, must have been a great saint in some former life.
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All his life long, this Ass served the Farmer faithfully, and earned him a great deal of money.
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The King, and the Prime Minister, and the General felt very foolish to have gone into mourning for an Ass.
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Wolf and Ass were friends--Played as described in text--Boy sees Wolf running away from Ass, and says, "What a timid Wolf"--Says the Wolf, "You shall rue it, I'll carry you off to-day"--Boy tells his mother--"Never mind, he won't hurt you"--Hides stone in loin-cloth--Wolf comes for him--Leaves him in his den for the morrow--Goes to play with the Ass--Boy climbs a tree--Wolf finds no Boy--Stands gaping with perplexity--Boy throws stone into his mouth and kills him.
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21.--The Farmer's Ass Told by RÁM SINH, Haidar-Garh, district Barau Banki.
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A Washerman has an Ass that brays on hearing a conch-shell, thinks he must have been a saint in a former life, but something went wrong (kahin chuk gaya) and he became an Ass--Names him Tulsi Das--Ass dies--"He was valuable to me," shaves head, performs obsequies, gives feast to clansmen--Goes to shop of a Banya--"Why are you in mourning?"
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§ 104, gives the same tale about an ass named Sobhan (beautiful): told by Shyam Sundar, village accountant of Dudhi, Mirzápur district, recorded by Ahmad Ullah.