Ledha and the Leopard - a man named Ledha helps a leopard pull a lizard off its rump. When the leopard decides to eat him, he tricks it into thinking the lizard is hiding up a tree with him and the leopard runs away. Then Ledha secretly sweeps up after the buffalo to live in the tree above them. They discover who is taking care of them and appoint him as their servant, providing milk and a home for him. One day some of Ledha's hair falls out and he sends it down the river in a bundle. A princess finds it and has her father search for him. A crow finds him and steals his flute, bringing it back to the princess, and Ledha is locked in a room with her until he agrees to marry her. They build a palace in the jungle so he can be near the buffalo.
Some of these stories are so morbid that it's almost funny. I think this was the only one in Part A with any potential for me to write a retelling of it, although I did enjoy reading some of the others.
Folklore of the Santal Parganas by Cecil Henry Bompas.
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