The Hungry Stones and Other Stories

The Project Gutenberg EBook of The Hungry Stones And Other Stories, by Rabindranath Tagore This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.org Title: The Hungry Stones And Other Stories Author: Rabindranath Tagore Translator: The author and Mr. C. F. Andrews Release Date: December 22, 2008 [EBook #2518] Language: English Character set encoding: ASCII *** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE HUNGRY STONES *** Produced by Alev Akman, and David Widger THE HUNGRY STONES AND OTHER STORIES By Rabindranath Tagore Contents Preface THE HUNGRY STONES THE VICTORY ONCE THERE WAS A KING THE HOME-COMING MY LORD, THE BABY THE KINGDOM OF CARDS THE DEVOTEE VISION THE BABUS OF NAYANJORE LIVING OR DEAD? "WE CROWN THEE KING" THE RENUNCIATION THE CABULIWALLAH Preface: The stories contained in this volume were translated by several hands. The version of The Victory is the author's own work. The seven stories which follow were translated by Mr. C. F. Andrews, with the help of the author's help. Assistance has also been given by the Rev. E. J. Thompson, Panna Lal Basu, Prabhat Kumar Mukerjii, and the Sister Nivedita. THE HUNGRY STONES My kinsman and myself were returning to Calcutta from our Puja trip when we met the man in a train.