Relates how a Brahman Hindu saves a tiger from a trap only to be threatened with being eaten by the tiger.

A Brahmin deceived by a hungry tiger is saved by a lowly jackal and encounters a lesson he has never found in his holy books.

A tiger convinces a Brahmin to free him from a trap. Of course, he really plans to have the Brahmin for his next meal - but a wily jackal has other ideas. The treacherous tiger, the trusting Brahmin and the quick-witted jackal hold the reader in suspense right to the clever conclusion of this tale from India.

Folk tales from India.

Paper Tiger shifts the debate on state failure and opens up new understanding of the workings of the contemporary Indian state.

Ladybird Readers is an ELT graded reader series. Please note that the eBook edition does NOT include access to any online resources, including audio. Written for children aged 3-11 learning English as a foreign or second language, the series includes traditional tales, popular characters, modern stories, and non-fiction. · Beautifully illustrated books, carefully written by language learning experts · Eight levels follow the Common European Framework of Reference for language learning (CEFR) The Tiger, The Brahmin and the Jackal, aLevel 3Reader, is A1+ in the CEFR framework. The longer text is made up of sentences with up to three clauses, some expression of future meaning, comparisons, contractions and relative clauses. Visit the Ladybird Education website for more information. Register to access free online resources including exercises, lesson plans and answer keys. Exclusively with the print edition, readers can unlock a digital book and audio edition (not available with the eBook). The print edition also contains activities to help children develop speaking, listening, writing and critical thinking skills.

It is found among the old, old histories of the Tibetans that a female demon living among the mountains in Northern India mated with a monkey from the forests of Tibet, and from this union sprang the Tibetan race of people. The greater part of their literature is of a sacred nature, telling of their creation, of the formation of the world, of Buddha and his miraculous birth and death, of his reincarnations and the revisions of his teachings. A kind of almanac, a little astronomy, plans for casting a horoscope, and many books filled with religious teachings and superstitions, including the worship of devils and demons, are about all that can be found. The 49 little stories in this book are told as the people sit around their boiling tea made over a three stone camp-fire. They are handed down from father to son, from mother to daughter, and though often filled with their superstitious beliefs, through them all run a vein of humor and the teachings of a moral truth which is quite unexpected. These tales were gathered by Dr. A. L. Shelton on his trips among the Tibetans, around their camp-fires at night, and in their black tents high up in the mountains. Every country has its folk-lore tales that have always been a joy and pleasure to the children, not only of their own land, but of other lands as well. May these stories add a little to this pleasure and enjoyment everywhere, in whatsoever tongue they may be translated or in whatever land they may be read. Flora Beal Shelton 1925

Presents the further adventures of Mowgli, a boy reared by a pack of wolves, and the wild animals of the jungle. Also includes other short stories set in India.