20. _The Four Brothers who brought a Dead Lion to Life. Which is to blame when he kills them all?_ 197
21. _The Old Hermit who exchanged his Body for that of the Dead Boy. Why did he weep and dance?_ 203
22. _The Father and Son who married Daughter and Mother. What relation were their children?_ 209
_Love-cluster ... stood at her lattice window_ _Frontispiece_
_They took her body to the cemetery and burned it_ 17
_The thrush suddenly became a goddess_ 32
_Trusty worshipped the goddess and bravely saluted her_ 42
_The giant came out in anger and the brave man fought with him_ 55
_"Do nothing rash, my daughter, leave the rope alone"_ 61
_Good sank into the ocean, and when he looked about he saw a wonderful city_ 67
_The brothers went to the ocean, and there they found a turtle_ 78
_"I understand the cries of all beasts and birds"_ 83
_She gradually recovered consciousness_ 88
_When he saw that she was saved, the king cried, "Come, come to me!"_ 97
_With a turn of the wrist he sent the dagger flying from the chief's hand_ 121
_An elephant came by, crushing the people in his path_ 126
_He climbed the rock of sacrifice, eager to give his life for another_ 148
_"Shall I go into the fire or go home?"_ 163
_The giant laughed aloud, spit fire in his wrath, and showed his dreadful fangs_ 174
_A merchant named Fortune richer than the god of wealth_ 188
_The lion arose and killed his four creators_ 200
_He comforted her and soothed her with tender words_ 214
On the bank of the Godavari River is a kingdom called the Abiding Kingdom. There lived the son of King Victory, the famous King Triple-victory, mighty as the king of the gods. As this king sat in judgment, a monk called Patience brought him every day one piece of fruit as an expression of homage. And the king took it and gave it each day to the treasurer who stood near. Thus twelve years passed.
Now one day the monk came to court, gave the king a piece of fruit as usual, and went away. But on this day the king gave the fruit to a pet baby monkey that had escaped from his keepers, and happened to wander in. And as the monkey ate the fruit, he split it open, and a priceless, magnificent gem came out.
When the king saw this, he took it and asked the treasurer: "Where have you been keeping the fruits which the monk brought? I gave them to you." When the treasurer heard this, he was frightened and said: "Your Majesty, I have thrown them all through the window. If your Majesty desires, I will look for them now." And when the king had dismissed him, he went, but returned in a moment, and said again: "Your Majesty, they were all smashed in the treasury, and in them I see heaps of dazzling gems."