THE WHITE ELEPHANT - 11 illustrated tales from Old India
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The White Elephant
The Grain of Corn
The Timid Little Rabbit
Singh Rajah and the Cunning Little Jackals
The Kingdom of Mouseland
The Alligator and the Jackal
The Bold Blackbird
The Kid and the Tiger
The Brahmin and the Tiger
The Bear’s Bad Bargain
The Man Who Rode a Tiger
These old, old tales from India have been favorites for many, many years; some have come down to us from the early days of Buddha and beyond. Some have been taken from a book, called the “Jataka Tales,” (also published by Abela Publishing) telling of the Buddha’s previous existences. Others have been translated from the Pali, or Magadhan, by Eugene Watson Burlinghame, and they have also been retold for us in attractive form by Ellen C. Babbitt.
These stories are somewhat similar to stories which we have all known in another form; for instance, our first story of “The White Elephant” is somewhat like the story of Androcles and the lion. While the story of “The Timid Little Rabbit” is like the old English tale of “Chicken Little.”
“The Story of the Grain of Corn” (which is repeated from “Tales of the Punjab” by Flora Annie Steel) compares with our well-known version of “The Old Woman and the Pig.” In this same book, we find the story of “The Bear’s Bad Bargain,” and we learn how a stupid and clumsy bear is outwitted by a grasping old woman and her greedy husband. Even if they have the best of the bargain, our sympathies are all with the poor old bear.
“The King of the Mice,” “The Bold Blackbird,” and“The Kid and the Tiger” (retold from “The Talking Thrush and Other Tales from India) are all stories of the triumph of the weak and cunning over the brutish and strong. “The Bold Blackbird” may remind you of the old French tale of“Drakesbill and His Friends.”
So sit back with a steamy beverage and be prepared to be entertained for many-an-hour.
10% of the profit from the sale of this book will be donated to charities.
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ABOUT THE STORY LADY: Georgene Faulkner (1873 – 1958) was a native of Chicago and a prominent American children's book author and storyteller of the early twentieth century. During her career, she was known and promoted as "the Story Lady."
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KEYWORDS/ Tales from Old India, fairy tales, folklore, myths, legends, children’s stories, childrens stories, bygone era, fairydom, ethereal, fairy land, classic stories, children’s bedtime stories, happy place, happiness, White Elephant, Grain of Corn, Timid Little Rabbit, Singh Rajah, Cunning Little Jackals, Kingdom of Mouseland, Alligator and the Jackal, Bold Blackbird, Kid and the Tiger, Brahmin and the Tiger, Bear’s Bad Bargain, Man Who Rode a Tiger, moral tales, lessons for life, life lessons
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THE WHITE ELEPHANT - 11 illustrated tales from Old India - Anon E. Mouse
will."
The
White Elephant
And Other Tales from Old India
Retold by
Georgene Faulkner
Illustrated by
Frederick Richardson
Originally Published by
The P. F. Volland Company, Joliet
[1929]
Resurrected by
Abela Publishing, London
[2018]
The White Elephant
and Other Tales from Old India
Typographical arrangement of this edition
© Abela Publishing
2018
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Dedication
TO MY RADIO FAMILY
Who, unseen but appreciative,
always request more
Animal Tales
Table of Contents
To My Children
My Dear Children:
These old, old tales from India have been favorites for many, many years; some have come down to us from the early days of Buddha, and were taken from a book, called the Jataka Tales,
telling of the Buddha’s previous existences. Some of these old tales have been translated from the Pali by Eugene Watson Burlinghame, and they have also been retold for us in attractive form by Ellen C. Babbitt.
These stories are somewhat similar to stories which we have all known in another form; for instance, our first story of The White Elephant
is somewhat like the story of Androcles and the lion. While the story of The Timid Little Rabbit
is like the old English tale of Chicken Little.
The Story of the Grain of Corn
(which is repeated from Tales of the Punjab
by Flora Annie Steel) compares with our well-known version of The Old Woman and the Pig.
In this same book, we find the story of The Bear’s Bad Bargain,
and we learn how a stupid and clumsy bear is outwitted by a grasping old woman and her greedy husband. Even if they have the best of the bargain, our sympathies are all with the poor old bear.
The King of the Mice,
The Bold Blackbird,
andThe Kid and the Tiger
(retold from The Talking Thrush and Other Tales from India,
collected by W. Crooke and9retold by W. H. D. Rouse) are all stories of the triumph of the weak and cunning over the brutish and strong. The Bold Blackbird
may remind you of the old French tale ofDrakesbill and His Friends.
In many of these old tales, the little Jackal is the hero, and, like Reynard the Fox of European folk lore, and our own Bre’r Rabbit in the Uncle Remus
tales, we find the Jackal through his wit and strategy overcoming the larger, stronger animals.
For example, in the stories of Singh Rajah and the Cunning Little Jackals,
The Alligator and the Jackal,
andThe Brahmin and the Tiger,
the Jackal wins his victories by his cunning. These stories of the little Jackal have been retold from Old Deccan Days
by M. Frere, a most interesting book of tales collected from oral tradition. The Valiant Chattee-Maker
is also from the same book.
The pictures drawn by our artist, Frederick Richardson, will delight you. Mr. Richardson always makes each illustration true to life: his people dress in the costumes of the country, and his animals are real animals; you can almost hear the big beasts roaring with rage when the little jackal tricks them.
All these tales I have told to you many times over the radio; now I am glad to place them in your own hands to read and retell yourselves.
Your Story Lady.
The White Elephant
Once upon a time there stood on the banks of a river, near a large forest, a village of Woodcutters. These Woodcutters would go in their boats to the forest and there they would chop down trees. Then they would roll the logs down to the river, and the river would carry the logs to the village, where they were cut into boards and used by the carpenters in building houses and temples.
One day, when the Woodcutters were all busily at work chopping down trees, they heard a great bellowing. A huge Elephant came limping along on three legs, and every little while he gave a great snort.
One of the Woodcutters went up to the Elephant and examined his sore foot. Come here and help me pull out this big splinter in the Elephant’s foot!
he called to the other men. No wonder the poor fellow is crying with pain.
The Woodcutters all helped. They pulled the splinter12out of the Elephant’s foot and they brought water from the river and washed the wound carefully. They brought mud from the river banks and spread a mud plaster upon it, andone man tore up his scarf and bound it about the sore foot.