More Jataka Tales by Ellen C. Babbitt
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(Part 1)

Once upon a time there was a little man with a crooked back who was called the wise little bowman because he used his bow and arrow so very well. This crooked little man said to himself: “If I go to the king and ask him to let me join his army, he’s sure to ask what a little man like me is good for. I must find some great big man who will take me as his messenger, and ask the king to take us.”

So the little bowman went about the c...