A Pig, who heard these words, said, “Nothing like being short! Look how short I am!” The Camel said, “Well, if I fail to prove the truth of what I said. I shall give up my hump.” The Pig said, “If I fail to prove the truth of what I have said, I shall give up my snout.” “Agreed!” said the Camel. “Just so!” said the Pig. They came to a garden, inclosed by a low wall without any opening. The Camel stood on this side of the wall, and reaching the plants within by means of his long neck, made a breakfast on them. Then he turned, jeeringly to the Pig, who had been standing at the bottom of the wall, without even having a look at the good things in the garden, and said, “Now, would you be tall or short?” Next they came to a garden, inclosed by a high wall, with a wicket gate at one end. The Pig entered by the gate, and, after having eaten his fill of the vegetables within, came out, laughing at the poor Camel, who had had to stay outside because he was too tall to enter the garden by the gate, and said, “Now, would you be tall or short?” Then they thought the matter over and came to the conclusion that the Camel should keep his hump and the Pig his snout, observing, “Tall is good, where tall would do; of short, again, ’tis also true!” THE DOG AND THE DOG DEALER By Ramaswami Raju A dog was standing by the cottage of a peasant. A man who dealt in dogs passed by the way. The Dog said, “Will you buy me?” The man said, “Oh, you ugly little thing! I would not give a quarter of a penny for you!” Then the Dog went to the palace of the king and stood by the portal. The sentinel caressed it, and said, “You are a charming little creature!” Just then the Dog Dealer came by. The Dog said, “Will you buy me?” “Oh,” said the man, “you guard the palace of the king, who must have paid a high price for you. I cannot afford to pay the amount, else I would willingly take you.” “Ah!” said the Dog, “how place and position affect people!” THE TIGER, THE FOX, AND THE HUNTERS By Ramaswami Raju A fox was once caught in a trap. A hungry Tiger saw him and said, “So you are here!” “Only on your account,” said the Fox in a whisper. “How so?” said the Tiger. “Why, you were complaining you could not get men to eat, so I got into this net to-day, that you may have the men when they come to take me,” said the Fox, and gave a hint that if he would wait a while in a thicket close by he would point out the men to him. “May I depend upon your word?” said the Tiger. “Certainly,” said the Fox. The Hunters came, and seeing the Fox in the net, said, “So you are here!” “Only on your account,” said the Fox, in a whisper. “How so?” said the men. “Why, you were complaining you could not get at the Tiger that has been devouring your cattle; I got into this net to-day that you may have him. As I expected, he came to eat me up, and is in yonder thicket,” said the Fox, and gave a hint that if they would take him out of the trap he would point out the Tiger.