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STORIES OF THE CULTIVATING CASTE

NO. PAGE
76 A Legend of Kandy 3
77 The Gamarala’s Daughter 4
78 The Gamarala’s Girl 7
79 How Gourds were put in Small-Mouthed Pots 10
80 The Royal Prince and the Carpenter’s Son 13
81 Concerning a Royal Prince and a Princess 23
82 The Princes who Learnt the Sciences 33
The Nobleman and his Five Sons (Variant A) 36
The Seven Princes (Variant B) 39
The Attempt of Four Brahma?a Princes to Marry (Variant C) 42
83 The Story of Kal?undawa 46
84 How the Poor Prince became King 50
85 How the Gardener became King 54
86 How the Foolish Man became King 57
87 The Foolish Man 60
88 The Story of Marirala 64
89 The Invisible Silk Robe 66
90 The Foolish Youth 70
91 The Story of the Seven Thieves 76
92 The King who became a Thief 81
93 The Female Fowl Thief 88
94 Gampolaya and Raehigamaya 90
95 The Story of the Two Liars 96
96 The Three He??iyas 98
97 Concerning Two Friends 101
98 Concerning Four Friends 107
99 Concerning a Horse 109
100 The Story of the Pearl Necklace 111
101 The Widow Woman and Loku-Appuhami 116
102 The Decoction of Eight Nelli Fruits 121
103 The Prince and Princess and Two Devatawas 124
104 Concerning the Prince and the Princess who was Sold 130
105 The Princess He??irala 137
106 The Maehiyalle-gama Princess 142
107 The Wicked Princess 146
108 Holman Pissa 151
109 Concerning a Vaedda and a Bride 157
110 A Story about a Vaedda 160
111 The Story of the Four Giants 162
112 The Story about a Giant 172
113 Hi?ihami the Giant 175
114 The New Speech 181
115 The Master and Servant 191
116 How the Son-in-Law Cut the Chena 192
117 A Girl and a Stepmother 195
118 The Wicked Elder Brother 198
119 Nahako?a’s Wedding Feast 201
120 How a Man Charmed a Thread 204
121 How the Rice and Curry became Raw 206
122 How a Woman ate Cooked Rice by Stealth 207
123 How a Woman Offered Cakes 208
124 The Manner in which a Woman prepared a Flour Figure 210
125 How a Woman became a Lapwing 212
126 The Story of the Seven Wicked Women 215
127 The Story of the Old Man 219
128 The Magic Lute Player 221
129 The Lad who Sang Songs 223
130 The Hunchback Tale 226
131 The Poor Man and the Jewels 228
132 The Learned Poor Man 230
133 A Poor Man and a Woman 234
134 The Story of the Rakshasa and the Princess 237
135 The Way the Rakshasi Died 241
136 How a Rakshasa turned Men and Bulls into Stone 244
137 The Rakshasa-eating Prakshasa 247
The Rakshasa-eating Prakshasa (Variant A) 256
The Rakshasis-eating Prakshasa (Variant B) 257
The Rice-dust Porridge (Variant C) 262
The Evidence that the Appuhami ate Paddy Dust (Variant D) 266
138 The Story of the Cake Tree 269
The Lad and the Rakshasi (Variant A) 275
The Cake Tree (Variant B) 276
139 The Girl, the Monk, and the Leopard 280
140 The Washerman and the Leopard 286
141 The Frightened Yaka 288
142 The Story of the Seven Yakas 292
143 The Yaka and the Tom-tom Beater 294
144 How a Tom-tom Beater got a Marriage from a Gamarala 296
145 The Gem Yaksani 299
146 The Na, Mi, and Blue-Lotus Flowers’ Princesses 309
The Story of the She-Goat (Variant A) 320
The Story of a Nobleman’s Son (Variant B) 323
147 The Loss that occurred to the Nobleman’s Daughter 330
148 The Ra?emahatmaya’s Presents 333
149 The Prince and the Minister 334
150 The Story of King Bamba 339
151 Concerning a Royal Princess and a Turtle 345
152 The Story of a King and a Prince 356
153 The Story of the Gourd 361
154 The Story of the Shell Snail 364
155 The Queen of the Rock House 367
155A The Story of the Elder Sister and Younger Brother 377
156 The Queen and the Beggar 380
157 The Frog in the Queen’s Nose 382
158 Concerning a Bear and the Queen 385
159 The Leopard and the Princess 388
160 The Story of the Foolish Leopard 393
161 The Story of the ?abukka 396
162 The Leopard and the Calf 399
163 The Ash-Pumpkin Fruit Prince 401
164 The Kabaragoya and the Widow 407
165 The Frog Jacket 409
166 The Four-faced King and the Turtle 411
167 The Story of the Cobra and the Prince 414
168 The Ant Story 417
169 The Gamarala and the Cock 419
170 Concerning the Golden Peacock 421
171 The Story of the Brahma?a’s Kitten 425
172 The Story of the Mango Bird 430
173 How the Parrot explained the Law-suit 435
174 The Parrot and the Crow 440
175 The Crow and the Darter 442
176 Concerning the Crows and the Owls 443
177 The Female Lark 445
Index 449

See Additional Notes and Corrections in the Appendix, Vol. III.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           

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