Chapter II: Part II: Stories of the Lower Castes

38 The Monkey and the Weaver-Bird (Potter) 247
39 The Jackal Devatawa (Washerman) 249

STORIES OF THE TOM-TOM BEATERS.

The Foolishness of Tom-tom Beaters 252

40 A Kadambawa Man's Journey to Puttalam 253
41 The Kadambawa Men and the Hares 255
42 The Kadambawa Men and the Mouse-deer 256
43 The Kadambawa Men and the Bush 257
44 How the Kadambawa Men counted Themselves 258
45 The Kadambawa Men and the Dream 260
46 The Four Tom-tom Beaters 262
47 The Golden Tree 264
48 The Seven Princesses 270
49 Mr. Janel Siñña 278
50 The Nikini Story 284
51 The Aet-kanda Leniya 291
52 The Wimali Story 302
53 The Pots of Oil 304
54 The Mouse Maiden 308
55 Sigiris Siñño, the Giant 312
56 The Proud Jackal 316

STORIES OF THE DURAYAS.

57 The Seven Robbers 317
58 The Stupid Boy 319
59 The Gamarala and the Washerman 322
60 The Two Thieves 330
61 The Margosa Tree 334
62 The Gamarala's Foolish Son 336
63 The Jackal's Judgment 339
64 The Heron and the Crab 342
65 The Jackal and the Brahmana 347
66 The Cat who guarded the Precepts 349
67 The Lizard and the Leopard 355
68 The Lion and the Jackal 359

STORIES OF THE RODIYAS.

69 The Roll of Cotton 364
70 The Jackal and the Leopard 367
71 How the Boars killed the Rakshasa 370
72 The Grateful Jackal 373

STORIES OF THE KINNARAS.

73 Concerning a Monk and a Yaka 375
74 The Three Suitors 378
75 The Crocodile and the Jackal 380

Index 383