| PAGE | | INTRODUCTION | 5 | | THE COLLECTOR’S APOLOGY | 12 | | THE NARRATOR’S NARRATIVE | 15 | | 1. PUNCHKIN | 27 | | 2. A FUNNY STORY | 44 | | 3. BRAVE SEVENTEE BAI | 51 | | 4. TRUTH’S TRIUMPH | 81 | | 5. RAMA AND LUXMAN; OR, THE LEARNED OWL | 98 | | 6. LITTLE SURYA BAI | 113 | | 7. THE WANDERINGS OF VICRAM MAHARAJAH | 129 | | 8. LESS INEQUALITY THAN MEN DEEM | 161 | | 9. PANCH-PHUL RANEE | 164 | | 10. HOW THE SUN, THE MOON AND THE WIND WENT OUT TO DINNER | 194 | | 11. SINGH RAJAH AND THE CUNNING LITTLE JACKALS | 196 | | 12. THE JACKAL, THE BARBER AND THE BRAHMIN WHO HAD SEVEN DAUGHTERS | 199 | | 13. TIT FOR TAT | 218 | | 14. THE BRAHMIN, THE TIGER AND THE SIX JUDGES | 220 | | 15. THE SELFISH SPARROW AND THE HOUSELESS CROWS | 225 | | 16. THE VALIANT CHATTEE-MAKER | 227 | | 17. THE RAKSHAS’ PALACE | 236 | | 18. THE BLIND MAN, THE DEAF MAN AND THE DONKEY | 248 | | 19. MUCHIE LAL | 258 | | 20. CHUNDUN RAJAH | 268 | | 21. SODEWA BAI | 280 | | 22. CHANDRA’S VENGEANCE | 291 | | 23. HOW THE THREE CLEVER MEN OUTWITTED THE DEMONS | 314 | | 24. THE ALLIGATOR AND THE JACKAL | 326 | | NOTES | 333 |
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