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A retelling of an Indic folktale in which a skinny old woman outwits the jackal, bear, and tiger who want to eat her.
First publish date: 1975
Subjects: Folklore, Children's fiction, India, fiction, Pumpkin, fiction, Older people, fiction
Authors: Betsy Bang
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