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The woman conversing with her children, as the leopard returns, egged on by a fox who is tied to his leg, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Thirtieth Night

Cleveland Museum of Art

A woman and two children stand on a grassy area with green foliage and red flowers; the woman wears an orange top with a blue and white skirt; one child is fully clothed while the other is nude; a tree with pink, orange, and green leaves grows from rocky pink ground; a white leopard with black spots and a brown fox attached to a rope around its leg are on the right; the background includes a blue sky.

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