The Art of the Story-Teller Part 26

"PRIDE GOETH BEFORE A FALL."

HARISARMAN.

From "Indian Fairy Tales," by Joseph Jacobs.

THE BEAR'S BAD BARGAIN.

LITTLE ANKLEBONE.

PEASIE AND BEANSIE.

From "Tales of the Punjab," by F. A. Steel.

THE WEAVER AND THE WATERMELON.

THE TIGER AND THE HARE.

From "Indian Nights Entertainment," by Synnerton.

THE VIRTUOUS ANIMALS.

This story should be abridged for narration.

THE a.s.s AS SINGER.

THE WOLF AND THE SHEEP.

From "Tibetan Tales," by F. A. Schiefner.

A STORY ABOUT ROBBERS.

From "Out of the East," by Lafcadio Hearn.

DRIPPING.

From "Indian Fairy Tales," by Mark Thornhill.

THE BUDDHA AS TREE-SPIRIT.

THE BUDDHA AS PARROT.

THE BUDDHA AS KING.

From "A Collection of Eastern Stories and Legends,"

by M. L. Shedlock.

RAKSHAS AND BAKSHAS.

This story may be found in "Tales of Laughter," edited by Kate Douglas Wiggin and Nora Archibald Smith, under the t.i.tle of "The Blind Man, the Deaf Man and the Donkey."

THE BREAD OF DISCONTENT.

From "Legendary Lore of all Nations."

A GERM DESTROYER.

NAMGARY DOOLA.

A good story for boys, to be given in shortened form.

From "The Kipling Reader," by Rudyard Kipling.

A STUPID BOY.

THE CLEVER JACKAL.

One of the few stories wherein the Jackal shows skill combined with grat.i.tude. From "Folk Tales of Kashmir,"

by J. H. Knowles.

WHY THE FISH LAUGHED.

From "Folk Tales of Kashmir," by J. H. Knowles.

MYTHS, LEGENDS, AND FAIRY TALES.

HOW THE HERRING BECAME KING.

JOE MOORE'S STORY.

THE MERMAID OF GOB NY OOYL.

KING MAGNUS BAREFOOT.

From "Manx Tales," by Sophia Morrison.

THE GREEDY MAN.

From "Contes Populaires Malgaches," by Gariel Ferrand.

ARBUTUS.

BASIL.

BRIONY.

DANDELION.

From "Myths and Legends of Flowers, Trees, Fruits, and Plants,"

by C. M. Skinner.

THE MAGIC PICTURE.

THE STONE MONKEY.

STEALING PEACHES.

THE COUNTRY OF GENTLEMEN.

FOOTBALL ON A LAKE.

From "Chinese Fairy Tales", by H. A. Giles.

THE LIME TREE.

INTELLIGENCE AND LUCK.