The Giant Crab and Other Tales from Old IndiaNutt, 1900 - 133 pages |
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The Giant Crab and Other Tales from Old India: Children's Classics W. Rouse No preview available - 2016 |
The Giant Crab, and Other Tales From Old India (Classic Reprint) W. H. D. Rouse No preview available - 2018 |
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Page 119 - If these are his virtues, what must his vices be ! " " Vices be it, then," quoth he, " if you will ; but let us hear what your king's virtues may be like ! "
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Page 7 - ... which shams asceticism to beguile the troop of rats : morning and evening the rats come to pay their respects to the saintly jackal. 'Godly is my name' says the jackal. 'Why do you stand on one leg ?' 'Because, if I stood on all four at once, the earth could not bear my weight. That is why I stand on one leg only.' 'And why do you keep your mouth open ?' 'To take the air. I live on air : it is my only food.
Page 1 - ONCE upon a time there was a lake in the mountains, and in that lake lived a huge Crab.
Page 7 - I stood on all four, the earth could not bear my weight." " And why do you keep your mouth open ? " " Because I feed on the air, and never eat anything else.