4. The mice that set the Elephants free
Arthur William Ryder
• He was a professor of Sanskrit at the University of California,
Berkeley. He is best known for translating a number of Sanskrit
works into English, including the Panchathanthra and the Bhagavad
Gita. In the words of G. R. Noyes
• Taken as a whole, Ryder's work as a translator is probably the finest
ever accomplished by an American. It is also probably the finest
body of translation from the Sanskrit ever accomplished by one
man, if translation be regarded as a branch of literary art, not
merely as a faithful rendering of the meaning of the original text.
5. There was once a ruined village
The mice were the old settlers there. They occupied the
chinks in the floors of houses and temples with their children
and grand children. They found happiness in a variety of
festivities.
Into this scene came an elephant king whose retinue
numbered thousands. He, with his herd had started you the
lake in search of water. Is they marched through the mouse
community, the elephants crushed the faces, eyes heads and
necks of many.
The mice held a convention ‘we are being killed’ they
said, ‘by these lumbering elephants. Curse them’. If they come
this way again, there will not be mice enough you see
therefore, Let us find an effective solution to this crisis
6. Who occupied the Chinks in the floors
of house and Temples?
• The mice occupied the chinks in the floors of
house and Temples.
7. How many elephants came into the
scene?
• Into the scene come an elephant king , whose
retinue numbered thousands.
8. What happened to the mouse
community
• As the Elephants marched through the mouse
community, the elephants crushed the
faces,eyes, heads, and necks of many.
