Description
Book SynopsisOriginally published in 1901, this book contains twenty six folk tales from the Malay peninsula. The text is illustrated with photographs and drawings of Malaysian settings and animals, and the stories are accompanied by explanatory notes at the end of the text to clarify points of local history, religion and language.
Table of Contents1. Father lime-stick and the flower-pecker; 2. The king of the tigers is sick; 3. The mouse-deer's shipwreck; 4. Who killed the otter's babies? (A 'clock' story); 5. A vegetarian dispute; 6. The friendship of Tūpai the squirrel and Rūan the creeping fish; 7. The pelican's punishment; 8. The tiger gets his deserts; 9. The tiger's mistake; 10. The tune that makes the tiger drowsy; 11. The 'tigers' fold'; 12. The tiger and the shadow; 13. Wit wins the day; 14. The king-crow and the water-snail; 15. Father 'follow-my-nose' and the four priests; 16. The elephant-princess and the prince; 17. The elephant has a bet with the tiger; 18. Princess Sādong of the caves; 19. The saint that was shot out of his own cannon; 20. The saints who grave-stones moved; 21. Nakhōda Rágam who was pricked to death by his wife's needle; 22. The legend of Pătāni; 23. A Malayan deluge; 24. King Solomon and the birds; 25. The outwitting of the Gĕdembai; 26. The silver prince, and Princess lemon-grass; Notes; Index.
