By Maude Barrows Dutton, Worldreader
Thirty-four animal fables ably retold from the Panchatantra of India. initially written in Sanskrit, culture attributes the fables to Bidpai, an Indian sage, who, as legend has it, wrote them to train the king in ethical knowledge. The king was once extremely joyful with the mild knowledge and humor of the fables, which stay loved by means of young children to this present day. appealing black-and-white illustrations supplement the textual content.
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The Tortoise and the Geese by Maude Barrows Dutton Yesterday's Classics Chapel Hill, North Carolina Cover and Arrangement © 2010 Yesterday's Classics, LLC All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced or retransmitted in any form or by any means without the written permission of the publisher. This edition, first published in 2010 by Yesterday's Classics, an imprint of Yesterday's Classics, LLC, is an unabridged republication of the work originally published by Houghton Mifflin Company in 1908.
Meantime the Crane stood on one leg and waited. Before long, she saw all the fish in the lake swimming rapidly towards her and flapping their fins in great excitement. "We have just heard the news from the Crab," they gasped, "and our anxiety is so great that we have come to you for help, even though you have always been our enemy. We, as well as you, are now in danger of losing our lives if the fishermen return. Can you think of any escape, good Crane? " The Crane stood very still for a few moments, with her head on one side.
It is rather singular that these fables have been so long treasured by scholars almost exclusively. La Fontaine was quick to seize upon them and incorporate them into his collection of fables, but English-speaking children have been given little opportunity to know them. In this small selection from the Fables of Bidpai only a scant portion of his wisdom and his humor is offered, but it is sincerely hoped that herein lies sufficient to awaken in our children a love for this Indian Sage that shall increase with the years until the name of Bidpai be ranked in their affections close to that of Aesop.