d not I warn you? still I will help"--Tells him that
he has dreamt a marriage has been arranged for himself with Mahadeva's
spouse--They apply to Mahadeva for explanation--Mahadeva thinks, "If I
say visions are real things, this Bird will claim my wife"--So says,
"Dreams go by contraries: go home and don't be foolish."

See the value of friendship.

35.--The Swan and the Crow

Told by LALA SHANKAR LAL, village accountant, and
recorded by CHANGAN SINH, master of the school at
Chamkari, Etah district, N.W.P.

No change, except Wazir for Judge and Gaya for Jerusalem. The Judge is a
Hindu, and the Crow promises to take his father's bones to the sacred
city of Gaya, in Bengal.

36.--Pride shall have a Fall

Told by AKBAR SHAH, Manjhi, one of the jungle-folk of
Manbasa, district Mirzapur.

No change. The animal with one eye is supposed to be cunning and uncanny
(Crooke, "Popular Religion and Folk-lore of Northern India," ii. 37,
51). Compare No. 37 of this collection.

37.--The Kid and the Tiger

Told by AKBAR SHAH, Manjhi, and recorded by PANDIT
RAMGHARIB CHAUBE. A favourite nursery tale of the
Kharwars of Mirzapur.

Tigress and She-goat great friends--Tigress has two cubs, Goat four kids
named Khurbhur, Muddil, Goddil, and Nathil--Tigress thinks: "It is hard
that I have only two, and the Goat has four: suppose I eat two of hers
to make things even"--Asks the Goat to let one kid sleep with her--Only
Khurbhur consents--Khurbhur puts one of her cubs in his place--She eats
it--Puts a stone in his place--She breaks her teeth--One-eyed Tiger
calls--Tells a "story": "When I eat goats, all the four kids are one
mouthful"--Khurbhur says, "When you come to eat us, Muddil will hold
your head, Nathil the fore-paws, Goddil the hind-paws, Khurbhur will cut
off your head, if mother holds the light"--Tiger runs away--Meets six
more--They go to Goat's house--Khurbhur climbs tree--They jump and miss
him--They climb one on another, One-eye at bottom--Khurbhur says,
"Mother, a lump of mud to throw in his eye"--One-eye jumps--They
fall--They run away, and trouble the goats no more.

The one-eyed animal appears in No. 35 of this collection.

38.--The Stag, the Crow, and the Jackal

Told and recorded by BALBIR PRASAD, Brahman,
of Mirzapur.

Stag and Crow are friends--Jackal covets Stag--Says, "A crow is not a
friend for y