Of these stories, spread over Europe through literary channels,
Professor Cowell says, "They are the stray waifs of literature, in the
course of their long wanderings coming to be recognized under widely
different aspects, as when they are used by Boccaccio, or Chaucer, or
La Fontaine."




CONTENTS


I THE GIRL MONKEY AND THE STRING OF PEARLS

II THE THREE FISHES

III THE TRICKY WOLF AND THE RATS

IV THE WOODPECKER, TURTLE, AND DEER

V THE GOLDEN GOOSE

VI THE STUPID MONKEYS

VII THE CUNNING WOLF

VIII THE PENNY-WISE MONKEY

IX THE RED-BUD TREE