Panchatantra tales
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Panchatantra
The classic animal fables of India, retold gently with your child as the friend who helps the monkey, the rabbit, the tortoise and the mice and learns the lesson beside them. Pick a tale, choose a story idea, add a photo, and the illustrated book starts right away.
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PanchatantraThe Monkey and the Crocodile
A monkey who shares his jamun fruit with a crocodile, and the quick thinking that keeps a friendship from going wrong.
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PanchatantraThe Lion and the Clever Rabbit
A small rabbit uses a deep well and a little wit to teach a proud lion that the forest belongs to everyone.
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PanchatantraThe Blue Jackal
A jackal who falls into a pot of blue dye and pretends to be a king, until his own howl gives him away.
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PanchatantraThe Four Friends
A crow, a mouse, a tortoise and a deer who prove that four small friends together can untie any knot.
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PanchatantraThe Tortoise and the Geese
Two geese carry a tortoise through the sky on a stick, if only he can keep his mouth closed until they land.
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PanchatantraThe Crows and the Cobra
A pair of crows and a clever plan with a golden necklace that sends a troublesome cobra far away from their nest.
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PanchatantraThe Musical Donkey
A donkey who loves to sing so much that he forgets the farmers are asleep, and learns there is a time for everything.
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PanchatantraThe Elephants and the Mice
A herd of elephants spares a village of mice, and the tiny mice return the kindness when the giants need it most.
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PanchatantraThe Brahmin and the Mongoose
A loyal mongoose who guards a sleeping baby from a snake, and the moment of pause that saves a family from a hasty mistake.
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PanchatantraThe Hermit and the Mouse
A tiny mouse a kind hermit turns into a cat, a dog and then a tiger, and the pride that shrinks him right back to size.
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PanchatantraThe Heron and the Crab
A sweet-talking heron who offers to carry the pond's fish to safety, and the sharp-eyed crab who spots the trick in time.
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PanchatantraThe Monkey and the Wedge
A curious monkey who tugs a carpenter's wedge from a half-sawn log, and the pinched tail that teaches him to ask before he pulls.
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PanchatantraThe Jackal and the Drum
A hungry jackal frightened by a great booming in the forest, and the brave peep that shows it is only a drum tapped by the wind.
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PanchatantraThe Three Fishes
Three fish friends who hear the fishermen coming, and the one who plans ahead, the one who thinks fast and the one who waits for luck.
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PanchatantraThe Mice That Ate Iron
A merchant whose iron balance is kept by a friend, the tall tale that mice ate it, and the clever reply about a hawk that sets everything straight.
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