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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.” 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. A collection (10[1])written in this modern-day country includes a frame story about educating three dim-witted princes and is titled for its five-part structure. That collection of 2nd-century BCE animal fables from this country includes a tale that (10[1])inspired a (10[1])19th-century story in which the title mongoose defends an English family (10[2])from two (10[1])cobras. (10[2])For 10 points, what (10[1])modern-day country (10[1])is the setting of the Panchatantra and Rudyard Kipling’s story “Rikki-Tikki-Tavi”? ■END■

ANSWER: India [or Bhārat; or Republic of India; or Bhārat Gaṇarājya; or Hindustan] (The collection in the first clue is the Vetala Panchavimshati, which are commonly known as the tales of Vikram and Betal.)
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Andy HuffLSEOxford C10610
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