# Lambikin — Indian Fairy Tales character guide

> Lambikin in Indian Fairy Tales by Joseph Jacobs.

**Role:** major

**Also known as:** The Lambikin, cunning little Lambikin, Master Lambikin, Mr. Lambikin

**First appearance:** 0005-the-lambikin

## Snapshot

A cunning little lamb who escapes a fox, a hawk, and a crocodile by promising them drumikin meat — then hides inside one.

## Who they are

Lambikin is a small, quick-witted creature who wins safe passage past predators by promising each a share of the drumikin he claims to be visiting. The fox, hawk, and crocodile let him go, each imagining a feast, and Lambikin's charm lies in the way he turns their greed into his own escape route. His trick — and the drumikin he hides inside — makes him the tale's enduring image of wit outmatching appetite.

## In the story

### [The Lambikin](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/indian_fairy_tales_se/chapters/the-lambikin)

The cunning little lamb who outwits predators by promising to grow fatter, then hides in a drum to escape.

### [III: Lambikin](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/indian_fairy_tales_se/chapters/iii-lambikin)

The titular character, a cunning little lamb who escapes by rolling in a Drumikin.

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