Monkey chief rules over 80,000 monkeys in mango tree; mango falls, floats down to kingdom, is most delicious mango ever; Brishmadatta and men go off in search of mango tree, find it, plan to shoot monkeys and eat mangos; monkeys overhear plan; monkey chief makes bridge out of reed to next tree, but reed is too short, must use his body too; his back is broken; "Forget not that your life is but little to give if in giving you secure the happiness of your people. Rule them not through power because they are your subjects; nay, rule them through love because they are your children."
The Guilty Dogs:
Palace dogs eat leather straps of royal chariot; king is angry and orders all city dogs killed; city dog chief goes to king, tells him he's got it wrong, proves it; city dogs given food and royal care
The Hare and the Fairy:
Hare has three friends, jackal, water-weasel, and monkey; each finds some food, calls out "whose is this?", no answer, takes it; fairy changes herself into old beggar, asks each animal for food, each offers them what he found; hare has nothing but himself, offers to jump into flame; fairy places his image on the moon
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