''A Horse and Two Goats and Other Stories'' (also published as ''A Horse and Two Goats'') is a collection of short stories by R. K. Narayan, published in 1970 by

The Bodley Head The Bodley Head is an English publishing house, founded in 1887 and existing as an independent entity until the 1970s. The name was used as an imprint of Random House Children's Books from 1987 to 2008. In April 2008, it was revived as an adul ...

. The book is illustrated by

R. K. Laxman Rasipuram Krishnaswami Laxman ''Pg. 11 in the source says that Laxman & his brother Narayan were Tamil Iyer Brahmins.'' (24 October 1921 – 26 January 2015) was an Indian cartoonist, illustrator, and humorist. He is best known for his creation ...

, Narayan's brother, and includes five stories. The title story is a sly narrative of a business transaction between an American tourist and an Indian goat-herder as Muni, the result of an inability to communicate with each other.

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Short story collections by R. K. Narayan 1970 short story collections The Bodley Head books Interpreting and translation in fiction {{India-lit-stub