GOTHAMITE DROLLERIES (continued): 

The simpleton and the sharpers—­The schoolmaster’s lady-love—­The judge and the thieves—­The calf’s head—­The Kashmiri and his store of rice—­ The Turkish noodle:  the kerchief; the caftan; the wolf’s tail; the right hand and the left; the stolen cheese; the moon in the well—­The good dreams—­Chinese noodles:  the lady and her husband; the stolen spade; the relic-hunter—­Indian noodles:  the fools and the mosquitoes; the fools and the palm-trees; the servants and the trunks; taking care of the door; the fool and the aloes-wood; the fool and the cotton; the cup lost in the sea; the fool and the thieves; the simpletons who ate the buffalo; the princess who was made to grow; the washerman’s ass transformed; the foolish herdsman—­Noodle-stories moralised—­The brothers and their heritage—­Sowing roasted sesame
          
                                                     81-120

CHAPTER V.

THE SILLY SON: 

Simple Simon—­The Norse booby—­The Russian booby—­The Japanese noodle—­ The Arabian idiot—­The English silly son—­The Sinhalese noodle with the robbers—­The Italian booby—­The Arab simpleton and his cow—­The Russian fool and the birch-tree—­The silly wife deceived by her husband—­The Indian fool on the tree-branch—­The Indian monk who believed he was dead—­The Florentine fool and the young men—­The Indian silly son as a fisher; as a messenger; killing a mosquito; as a pupil—­The best of the family—­The doctor’s apprentice
          
                                                     121-170

CHAPTER VI.

THE FOUR SIMPLE BRAHMANS: 

Introduction 171
Story of the first Brahman 176
Story of the second Brahman 178
Story of the third Brahman 181
Story of the fourth Brahman 185
Conclusion 190

CHAPTER VII.

THE THREE GREAT NOODLES 191-218

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APPENDIX.

JACK OF DOVER’S QUEST OF THE FOOL OF ALL FOOLS 219

THE BOOK OF NOODLES.

CHAPTER I.

ANCIENT GRECIAN NOODLES.