Author(s): P. V. Ramaswami Raju
Format: Paperback
No. of Pages: 178
Publisher: Yesterday's Classics
Language: English
Date Published: 2009-08-30
Dimensions: 152.4 x 223.52 x 10.16mm
Publication City/Country: Chapel Hill, United States
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An appealing collection of more than a hundred Indian fables that are delightful as well as short, pithy, and ingenious. Each fable has its separate moral in prose or rhyme; these are often epigrams of the shrewdest kind, full of wit and subtlety. Most of these fables are likely to be new to the majority of readers. In the characters of animals the same rules are observed as in Western fables. As the symbol of strength, the lion (or, in one or two instances, the tiger) is king, the fox is the symbol of cunning, the bear of inert power, the wolf of ferocity, the owl of assumed wisdom, and so forth. Suitable for ages 7 and up.