shut in henhouse--"Nikal billi, teri bari.
Kan chhor, kanpati mari" ("Come out, Cat, your turn now: come out of my
ear and hit them on the head")--Cat comes out and kills fowls--Next
night shut in stable--"Niklo rassi, aur sonte tumhari bari. Kan chhor,
kanpati mari"--Rope ties horses and Club kills them--Next night shut in
with elephants--"Niklo chiunti tumhari bari. Kan chhor, kanpati
mari"--Ants run up trunks and sting their brains--Next night tied to the
Raja's bed--"Niklo darya teri bari. Kan chhor, kanpati mari"--River
begins to drown King and bed--"For God's sake, take your wife and go."

Here, as in other tales of this collection, we have the incident of the
Helping Animals, for which see Tawney, "Katha Sarit Sagara," ii. 103,
596; Crooke, "Popular Religion and Folk-lore of Northern India," ii.
202. See _N.I.N.Q._, iii. Sec. 173.

29.--The Goat and the Hog

Told by SURAJ SINGH, assistant master of the Kandhla school,
district Muzafarnagar, N.W.P. See _N.I.N.Q._, iv. Sec. 430.

Goat and Hog friends--Goat goes to seek his fortune--Enters shop of a
Banya--Eats all he can find--Goes into inner room--Banya returns--Little
girl cries for sugar--Goes in to get some--Goat says, "Ek sing anrur
ganrur; dusri sing meri, soni marhawal. Banya beti awo nahin, dhenruki
phoron" ("One of my horns is twisted, one is gilt with gold. Don't come
in, Banya girl, or I will tear your stomach open")--Runs out--Father
sends for the Kotwal--Same thing--Prays to him--Goat comes out: "I want
sweetmeats, ornaments for my head, neck, feet, horns, tail"--Gives them,
putting on all the jewels he has in pawn--Goat shows all this to the
Hog--Hog goes to try his luck--Knew no verses--No one frightened--Banya
drives him out with stick and dogs.

30.--The Parrot and the Parson

Told by BACHAU KASERA, Mirzapur. _N.I.N.Q._, v. Sec. 72.

Banker taught his parrot to speak--A Sadhu passed by--Quoth Parrot,
"Salaam, Maharaj, how can I get out?" "Let me ask my Guru"--Guru when
asked swooned--Sadhu told Parrot what had happened, and apologised for
not being able to help--"I understand," says Parrot--Feigns death--Cage
opened.

31.--The Lion and the Hare

Told by SURYABALI, Mirzapur.

No change. The verse is:--

Bina budhi ke bagh bilana:
Kharha san kahun bagh marana.

32.--The Monkey's Bargains

Told and recorded by RAMESWAR-PURI, teacher, Khairwa
villa