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Fables and folk-tales : from an eastern forest / edited and translated by Walter Skeat ; Illustrated by F. H. Townsend.
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TextLanguage: English Publication details: New York : Cambridge , 2014.Edition: 1st edDescription: xiv, 91 p. : ill., map; 23 cmISBN: - 9781107432888
- 398.2095951 SKE
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Summary: Originally published in 1901, this book contains twenty six folk tales from the Malay peninsula. The text is illustrated with photographs and drawings of Malaysian settings and animals, and the stories are accompanied by explanatory notes at the end of the text to clarify points of local history, religion and language.
1.Father lime-stick and the flower-pecker; 2. The king of the tigers is sick; 3. The mouse-deer's shipwreck; 4. Who killed the otter's babies? (A 'clock' story); 5. A vegetarian dispute; 6. The friendship of Tūpai the squirrel and Rūan the creeping fish; 7. The pelican's punishment; 8. The tiger gets his deserts; 9. The tiger's mistake; 10. The tune that makes the tiger drowsy;
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Kalaignar Centenary Library Madurai | ENGLISH-REFERENCE BOOKS | நான்காம் தளம் / Fourth floor | 398.2095951 SKE (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Not for loan | 316839 | |
| English Books | Kalaignar Centenary Library Madurai | ENGLISH - LENDING BOOKS | மூன்றாம் தளம் / Third floor | 398.2095951 SKE (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 316841 | |
| English Books | Kalaignar Centenary Library Madurai | ENGLISH - LENDING BOOKS | மூன்றாம் தளம் / Third floor | 398.2095951 SKE (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 316840 |
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| 398.20955 CUR Persian Myths / | 398.209554137 KRI;1 Tryst with the tribes : Tales fromtribal heartlands / | 398.209554137 KRI;2 Tryst with the tribes : Tales fromtribal heartlands / | 398.2095951 SKE Fables and folk-tales : from an eastern forest / | 398.2095951 SKE Fables and folk-tales : from an eastern forest / | 398.2096 STI Black tales for white children/ | 398.2096 STI Black tales for white children/ |
Includes index.
1.Father lime-stick and the flower-pecker; 2. The king of the tigers is sick; 3. The mouse-deer's shipwreck; 4. Who killed the otter's babies? (A 'clock' story); 5. A vegetarian dispute; 6. The friendship of Tūpai the squirrel and Rūan the creeping fish; 7. The pelican's punishment; 8. The tiger gets his deserts; 9. The tiger's mistake; 10. The tune that makes the tiger drowsy;
Originally published in 1901, this book contains twenty six folk tales from the Malay peninsula. The text is illustrated with photographs and drawings of Malaysian settings and animals, and the stories are accompanied by explanatory notes at the end of the text to clarify points of local history, religion and language.