Speak Bird, Speak Again

  FOREWORD
  ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
  NOTE ON TRANSLITERATION
  KEY TO REFERENCES

 expand sectionINTRODUCTION

 collapse sectionTHE TALES
 Notes on Presentation and Translation

 collapse sectionGROUP I  INDIVIDUALS
 expand sectionCHILDREN AND PARENTS
 expand sectionSIBLINGS
 expand sectionSEXUAL AWAKENING AND COURTSHIP
 expand sectionTHE QUEST FOR THE SPOUSE

 collapse sectionGROUP II  FAMILY
 expand sectionBRIDES AND BRIDEGROOMS
 expand sectionHUSBANDS AND WIVES
 expand sectionFAMILY LIFE

 collapse sectionGROUP III  SOCIETY
 33.  Im `Awwad and the Ghouleh
 34  The Merchant's Daughter
 35.  Pomegranate Seeds
 36.  The Woodcutter
 37.  The Fisherman
 Afterword

 collapse sectionGROUP IV  ENVIRONMENT
 38.  The Little She-Goat T
 39.  The Old Woman and Her Cat
 40.  Dunglet
 41.  The Louse
 Afterword

 collapse sectionGROUP V  UNIVERSE
 42.  The Woman Who Fell into the Well
 43.  The Rich Man and the Poor Man
 44.  Ma`ruf the Shoemaker
 45.  Im `Ali and Abu `Ali
 Afterword
 FOLKLORISTIC ANALYSIS

 expand sectionAPPENDIX A:  TRANSLITERATION OF TALE 10
  APPENDIX B:  INDEX OF FOLK MOTIFS
  APPENDIX C:  LIST OF TALES BY TYPE
  SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
 expand sectionFOOTNOTE INDEX

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