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The old woman and the red pumpkin ; a Bengali folk tale /

A retelling of an Indic folktale in which a skinny old woman outwits the jackal, bear, and tiger who want to eat her.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Bang, Betsy
Other Authors:	Bang, Molly
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Macmillan, [1975]
Subjects:	Folklore > India.

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