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Susatra, Ki Padma

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Serat Kancil tanpa sekar [The book of the mouse deer, in prose]. (Batawi Centrum: Balai Pustaka, 1931)

This is a prose rendition in Javanese of the Javanese verse version of the folktales of the golden mouse-deer, Kancil. The stories about the clever deer who can outsmart humans and other animals alike are much-loved and known throughout Southeast Asia. The prose version was written by Dr W. Palmer van den Broek. The illustrations are signed by J. Vanderheyden, 1920.

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