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PanchTantra Stories

1. The Monkey and The Wedge
2. The Jackal and The Drum
3. The Fall and Rise of a Merchant
4. The Foolish Sage
5. Fighting Goats and The Jackal
6. The Cobra and The Crows
7. The Crafty Crane and The Craftier Crab
8. The Cunning Hare and The Witless Lion
9. The Bug and The Poor Flea
10. Story Of The Blue Jackal
11. The Lion, Camel, Jackal and Crow
12. The Bird Pair and The Sea
13.The Turtle That Fell of Stick
14. Tale of The Three Fishes
15. The Elephant and The Sparrow
16. The Lion and The Jackal
17. The Bird and The Monkey
18. How a Sparrow came to Grief
19. Right-Mind or Wrong-Mind
20. The Foolish Crane and The Mongoose
21. The Rat that ate iron
22. The King and The Foolish Monkey
23. The Thief and The Brahmins

Book 2 : The Gaining of Friends

1. The Hermit and The Mouse
2. Elephants and The King of Mice
3. Shandili and Sesame Seeds
4. Story of The Merchant's Son

Book 3 : Of Crows and Owls

1. Of Crows and Owls
2. Elephants and Hares

More Stories

1. A serious case
2. Alberto's new neighbours
3. Coming back up
4. Elephants, bananas and Aunty Ethel
5. King of The Pumpkins
6. Mr Smith's new nose
7. Scarlett
8. The Birth of a star
9. The Broken Mirror, The Black Cat and Lots of Good Luck
10. The Christmas The Lights Went Out
11. The Comeback
12. The Dinosaur in Jake's Garage
14. The Golden Boys
15. The Interesting Most Boring Man in The World
16. The Skier
17. Two peas in a pod

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