The Golden Antelope 1954

Rajah and his Serviteur hunt a magical Antilope that can strike gold with its hooves. A poor orphan Garçon hides the antelope and misleads the Rajah’s party. The grateful antelope tells the boy where to find her when he needs help. A servant who witnessed this demands the boy reveal the antelope’s location, but when he refuses, monkeys pelt the servant with coconuts, driving him away. The servant reports to the Rajah, who orders the boy captured. After the boy saves the servant from a tiger, the ungrateful servant has him arrested anyway. The Rajah demands a fine of 10 gold coins or the boy’s head by sunrise.

On his journey to find the antelope, the boy saves various animals — bird chicks from a cobra, tiger cubs from a pit, and removes a spear from an elephant’s foot. The grateful animals help him reach the antelope quickly. She gives him the gold and a bamboo flute to summon her, then carries him back to meet the deadline.

The Rajah takes the flute and summons the antelope, demanding great wealth. Despite her warning that there might be too much gold, the greedy Rajah insists on more. The antelope warns that if he says “enough,” all gold will turn to pottery shards. She then runs through the palace, striking gold sparks. Buried under falling coins, the desperate Rajah cries:

enough

• and all the gold becomes worthless shards. His servants abandon him, saying they’ll find another Rajah. The boy and antelope depart together toward the mountains.