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Second Tantra
           Mitra-lābha (“Winning of Friends”) ............................97

           Story One: The Crow, the Mouse, the Turtle and the Deer ...................... 97
           Story Two: The Scorpion and the Frog ........................................................106
           Story Three: The Sādhu and the Mouse .......................................................109
           Story Four: Mother Śāṇḍilī and Her Sesame Seeds  ................................. 111
           Story Five: You Always Get What You Deserve ........................................117
           Story Six: Somilaka the Weaver ....................................................................122


         Third Tantra

           Kākolūkīya (“Crows and Owls”) .............................140
           Story One: Crows and Owls Become Enemies ..........................................146
           Story Two: The Moon in the Lake ................................................................149
           Story Three: The Rabbit and the Partridge  ................................................152
           Story Four: The Brāhmaṇa and the Shrewd Thieves ................................157
           Story Five: The Brāhmaṇa and the Cobra ...................................................162
           Story Six: The Cruel Hunter and the Doves ...............................................164
           Story Seven: The Thief, the Old Merchant and His Wife ........................169
           Story Eight: The Brāhmaṇa, the Thief and the Rākṣasa ........................... 171
           Story Nine: The Secrets of the Serpents ......................................................173
           Story Ten: The Marriage of the Mouse Princess........................................176
           Story Eleven: The Hunter and the Bird with Golden Excreta ................180
           Story Twelve: The Jackal and the Talking Cave ........................................182
           Story Thirteen: The Cobra and the Frogs ....................................................186


          Fourth Tantra
          Labdha-praṇāśa (“The Forfeit of Profits”) ..................193

           Story One: The Monkey and the Crocodile ................................................193
           Story Two: The Frog King and the Black Snake ........................................198
           Story Three: The Lion and the Donkey........................................................204
           Story Four: Yudhiṣṭhira the Potter ................................................................208
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