W. H. D. Rouse took stories from the Jataka, the Buddhist collection of tales of the Buddha’s former lives, and freely retold them to amuse children. The hypocritical cat, the crocodile and the monkey, the wise and foolish parrots, a skinflint king and his horses, and the magic axe, drum and bowl all appear, with W. Heath Robinson’s drawings.
Funny, quick fables from ancient India for reading aloud. Download the free EPUB.