The Hare that Was not Afraid to Die
Eastern Stories and Legends by Marie L. Shedlock (1920).
http://mythfolklore.blogspot.com/2014/05/jataka-hare-that-was-not-afraid-to-die.html
Pygmalion
Ovid's Metamorphoses, translated by Tony Kline (2000).
http://mythfolklore.blogspot.com/2014/04/ovids-metamorphoses-pygmalion.html
The Tiger, The Brahman, and the Jackal
Indian Fairy Tales by Joseph Jacobs with illustrations by John D. Batten (1912).
http://mythfolklore.blogspot.com/2014/03/indian-fairy-tales-indian-fairy-tales.html
The Lion in Love
These fables all come from The Fables of Aesop by Joseph Jacobs (1894).
http://mythfolklore.blogspot.com/2014/04/aesops-fables-lions-part-1.html
There is no mention of the daughter in this story besides the lion saying he wants to marry her. I would explore the daughter's role in this story. Perhaps due to the Buddha story about the rabbit I am thinking of reincarnation. In my version of this story I would write a backstory about the daughter having a former love who died. I think I would have the events surrounding his death be where he acted cowardly in some way. He would be reincarnated as the lion in a sort of irony just like The Wizard of Oz. The lion will remember his cowardly act from his past life, but he won't remember the reason why he has the chance for another life. That reason is his former love. He will see her at some point and be instantly attracted to her. The daughter won't understand why, but she will have some sort of fondness for him, too. Over time they will fall in love. The lion's act of bravery will be approaching the daughter's parents and asking to marry her as well as removing his weapons (maybe have this be paralleled to his cowardly act). They will ask him to declaw and defang himself just like the original story, but instead of them making fun of him for taking their advice he will turn back into his former self. Then the two lovers will live happily ever after.
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