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Indian Fairy Tales: The Cruel Crane Outwitted

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ONG ago the Bodisat was born to a forest life as the genius of a tree standing near a certain lotus pond. Now at that time the water used to run short at the dry season in a certain pond, not over large, in which there were a good many fish. And a crane thought on seeing the fish: "I must outwit these fish somehow or other and make a prey of them." And he went and sat down at the edge of the water, thinking hew he should do it.

Indian Fairy Tales: The Cruel Crane Outwitted

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