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| Introduction | |
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| Old Man, Young Mistress (Aesop) | |
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| The Seventh Father of the House (Norway) | |
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| The Old Man and His Grandson (German) | |
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| Mountain of Abandoned Old People (Japan) | |
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| The Bell of Atri (Italy) | |
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| The Old Man and Death (Aesop) | |
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| Iron Logic (Jewish) | |
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| One More Gift (Japan) | |
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| The Two Friends Who Set Off to Travel Round the World (Eskimo) | |
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| The Span of Man's Life (Israel) | |
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| The Mortal Lord (China) | |
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| "Now I Become Myself" | |
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| Wisdom | |
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| An Old Man and A Boy (Africa: Kambaland) | |
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| Empty-Cup Mind (Japan) | |
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| The Old Woman of the Spring (Native American/Cheyenne) | |
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| The Brownie of Blednock (Scotland) | |
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| The Wise Woman (Algeria) | |
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| An Old Man Who Saved Some Ungrateful People (Zimbabwe) | |
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| An Old Man's Wisdom (India) | |
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| Hide Anger Until Tomorrow (Suriname) | |
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| The Three Counsels (Mexico) | |
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| The Truth (Syria) | |
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| The Old Man and the Grain of Wheat (Russia) | |
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| Elijah and the Poor Man's Wish (Jewish) | |
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| The Wise Man and the Apprentice (Iran/Afghanistan) | |
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| The Poppet Caught a Thief (United States) | |
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| Trickery | |
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| The Clever Old Man (India) | |
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| How Grandpa Mowed the Lord's Meadow (Russia) | |
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| Kitta Gray (Sweden) | |
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| The Devil and the Gipsy (Russia) | |
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| The Old Woman and the Giant (Philippines) | |
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| John Fraser the Cook (Scotland) | |
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| The Seven Leavenings (Palestinian Arab) | |
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| The Fortune-Teller (Russia) | |
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| The Old Woman and the Physician (Aesop) | |
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| Two Women Overcome Nez Perce Man (Native American/Coeur d'Alene) | |
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| The Silver Swindle (China) | |
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| The Straw Ox (Russian Cossack) | |
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| The Two Old Women's Bet (United States) | |
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| The Fisherman and the Genie (Arabian Nights) | |
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| The Five Wolves (Native American/Salishan) | |
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| The Crafty Woman (Lithuania) | |
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| The Talking Turkeys (Syria) | |
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| The Old Woman and the Fox (India) | |
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| Bucca Dhu and Bucca Gwidden (England) | |
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| Adventure | |
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| Verlioka (Russia) | |
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| The Lord of Death (India) | |
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| The Man Who Lodged with Serpents (Hungary) | |
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| Kwatee and the Monster in Lake Quinault (Native American/Quinault) | |
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| Lump Off, Lump On (Japan) | |
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| Siksruk, The Witch-Doctor (Eskimo) | |
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| Old Roaney (United States) | |
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| The Old Woman and the Rice Cakes (Japan) | |
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| The Poor Countryman and the Greedy Hag (Poland) | |
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| St. David's Flood (England) | |
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| The Staff of Elijah (Jewish/Moldavia) | |
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| The Magical Words (Finland) | |
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| Kalapana (Hawaii) | |
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| The Great Jaguar (Guatemala/Maya) | |
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| The Hunted Hare (England) | |
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| The Apparition of Arran (Scotland) | |
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| The Valiant Fish Trapper (Hungary) | |
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| Grandmother Spider Steals the Fire (Native American/Choctaw) | |
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| The Monster of Loch Garten (Scotland) | |
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| The Woman in the Moon (Hawaii) | |
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| The Hedley Kow (England) | |
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| The Search for Luck (Greece) | |
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| And a Little Bit of Love | |
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| Baucis and Philemon (Greece) | |
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| How Much You Remind Me of My Husband! (El Salvador) | |
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| A Clever Old Bride (Korea) | |
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| My Jon's Soul (Iceland) | |
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| A Tale of Two Old Women (Eskimo) | |
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| The Old Man in the Moon (Burma) | |
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| The Blind Old Woman (African-American) | |
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| The Cure (Syria) | |
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| Notes for Stories | |
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| Bibliography | |
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| Acknowledgments | |
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| Index of Titles | |