I really enjoyed reading the first portion of the
Indian Fables and Folklore. My favorite story was the
The Gifts of the Sun. In this story, there is a husband and a wife. The husband is shooting arrows at a tree on a sunny day with his wife by his side. Every time he shot his arrow at the tree, his wife would go and fetch the arrow for him out of love. As the day progressed it got hotter because of the sun. It got so hot the wife could not get the arrow for her husband any longer. The husband was upset by this and therefore complained to the sun. In response the sun gave the wife a pair of slippers and a parasol. The slippers helped her feet to not get hot from the hot sand. The parasol offered her shade. The purpose of this story was to explain the origin of the parasol and shoes.
Another story that I enjoyed was the
The Hungry Elephant. I really liked this story mainly because I like elephants but I mean the story was good as well. The story starts off by introducing a hungry elephant. The elephant goes up to a shop owner and ask for rice. The owner replies that there is none. The elephant then as for flour and then butter and for molasses. The owner replies that there are none of those. The elephant does not believe him. He bumps the shop, causing it to crash. In amidst the crash, the elephants finds plenty of food.
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