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Douglas J. Penick’s retelling The Oceans of Cruelty loosely translates a story cycle from this country whose frame story involves a “corpse-spirit.” (10[1])In a story written in this modern-day country, a crab snaps the neck of a heron when he realizes the bird has been eating his fish friends instead of transporting them to a new pond. (10[1])A collection (10[1])written (10[1])in this modern-day country includes a frame story about educating three dim-witted (10[1])princes and is titled for its five-part (10[1])structure. (10[1])That collection (10[3])of (10[1])2nd-century BCE (-5[2])animal fables from (10[1])this (10[1])country includes a tale (10[1])that (10[2])inspired a (10[1])19th-century story in which the title mongoose (10[1])defends (10[1])an (10[1])English family (10[6]-5[1])from (10[1])two (10[3]-5[1])cobras. (10[8])For 10 points, (10[2])what (10[1])modern-day country (10[2])is the setting of the (10[2])Panchatantra (10[2])and (10[1])Rudyard (10[1])Kipling’s story (10[2])“Rikki-Tikki-Tavi”? (10[2])■END■ (10[5]0[1])

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