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The Persimmon Tree
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The Merchants and the Thieves
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The Snake and the Frightened Soul
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The Legend of Tomiris, Queen of the Massagetae
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How the Gond Gods Were Released from the Cave Where They Were Trapped for Twelve Years
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Yeo Ka?
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New directions!
The sparrows embark on further adventures
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Nirbandh
The soot had streaked her hand, she saw. As it must have streaked the hands of countless women before her, who too had placed their diyas in that little…
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The Tale of the Bent Old Woman, Kujo Buri
“Dear me! There goes that Kujo Buri. Buri, I’m going to eat you.”
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The Sparrows Return
Just then the babblers set up a huge commotion. “They’re back, they’re back, they’re back!” they shouted all together. And sure enough, there they were…
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Whatever Happened to Kaga Mama?
“Goodbye, goodbye,” called the sparrows and off they flew.
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The Legend of the Dwarf
One day in her distress, she took an egg, wrapped it in cotton cloth, and put it carefully in a corner of her hut. Every day she went to look at the…
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