Eleanore Myers Jewett

Name: Wonder Tales from Tibet — The Fortunes of Shrikantha
Author: Eleanore Myers Jewett

Wonder Tales from Tibet — The Fortunes of Shrikantha (1922)

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“Wonder Tales from Tibet — The Fortunes of Shrikantha”, published in 1922, is a work by Eleanore Myers Jewett. It explores elements such as Shrikantha, mouse and ape.

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Eleanore Myers Jewett, Wonder Tales from Tibet — The Fortunes of Shrikantha (1922)

“ The ape lost his balance and cried out in fright, letting the blue talisman slip from his mouth into the water. Down it sank into the muddy depths, and the three friends, in dismay, watched it disappear.
"Alack-a-day!" wailed the little mouse. "We have spent all our time and labor for nothing, and our poor friend on the island will surely die of hunger and despair! What shall we do? Whatever shall we do?"
The bear turned and swam back to the mainland, and there the three sat down disconsolately on the shore.
"What a fool you were to jump at that fish!" said the ape to the bear crossly. ”

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Eleanore Myers Jewett, Wonder Tales from Tibet — The Fortunes of Shrikantha (1922)

“ Let us go to our homes; we have done enough for the man already to more than pay for his kindness to us."
"Yes, let us go home," agreed the ape. "There is no use trying to do anything if the bear has to chase every fish he meets, regardless of the importance of his mission. And we have done enough for the man as it is."
"Don't, don't talk like that!" cried the little mouse. "You both know as well as I that we can never repay the man's kindness to us! Come, let us plan! There must be a way!" She walked up and down the shore, thinking. ”

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Eleanore Myers Jewett, Wonder Tales from Tibet — The Fortunes of Shrikantha (1922)

“ How lucky some men are, how unlucky others! Here are you, scarcely more than a lad; you have never worked or traded or done anything whereby a man earns wealth, and yet you are loaded with every blessing, while I, who have toiled hard and honestly my whole life through, have nothing— nothing—nothing in all the world but a handful of cheap goods which I must bargain hard to trade off for the bare necessities of my miserable existence! ”

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Eleanore Myers Jewett, Wonder Tales from Tibet — The Fortunes of Shrikantha (1922)

“ The frogs, who were a silly, credulous people, hastened to do as the mouse told them. Diving down to the river bottom they fetched the pebbles, one after another, and handed them to their supposed preserver, who gave them to the ape and the bear, bidding them fling the cursed things away. More and more frogs gathered for the task and brought up stones in countless numbers. At last one came, bringing the precious, blue talisman, and when the little mouse had got hold of it, she signalled to her friends to stop their work. ”

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Eleanore Myers Jewett, Wonder Tales from Tibet — The Fortunes of Shrikantha (1922)

“ Then he started forth again empty-handed.
"I might as well go back to my father," he thought, "yet not so—he will but chide me for foolish kindness of heart! I will continue on my way, for surely Dame Fortune will repay me for what I have lost in so good a cause!" Fortune, however, was minded to do otherwise.
Now the road to the city led Shrikantha directly by the palace of the Khan, and just as he was passing the great gate, he heard shouts and confusion within and immediately a man dashed out.
"Run! Run for your life!" ”

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Eleanore Myers Jewett, Wonder Tales from Tibet — The Fortunes of Shrikantha (1922)

“ They had little trouble in passing the many guards, who were on the lookout for men, not animals, to steal their master's treasure. When they reached the river, however, in sight of Shrikantha himself, a sorry adventure befell them. The bear was the only one of the three who could swim, and so, in order to cross the water, the ape got upon the bear's back, put the mouse upon his shoulder and the talisman in his mouth. Thus, with this precious, heavy load on his back, the bear started bravely on his long swim across to the island. ”

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