The Baitâl Pachchisi; Or, The Twenty-Five Tales of a Sprite

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Lallu Lal. The Baitâl Pachchisi; Or, The Twenty-Five Tales of a Sprite

The Baitâl Pachchisi; Or, The Twenty-Five Tales of a Sprite

Table of Contents

PREFACE

THE BAITÂL PACHCHISI

INTRODUCTORY TALE

TALE I

TALE II

TALE III

TALE IV

THE MAINA’S STORY

THE PARROT’S STORY

TALE V

TALE VI

TALE VII

TALE VIII

TALE IX

TALE X

TALE XI

TALE XII

TALE XIII

TALE XIV

TALE XV

TALE XVI

TALE XVII

TALE XVIII

TALE XIX

TALE XX

TALE XXI

TALE XXII

TALE XXIII

TALE XXIV

TALE XXV

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Lallu Lal, John T. Platts, Mazhar Ali Khan active 1805 Vila

Translated From the Hindi Text of Dr. Duncan Forbes

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It so happened that one day the king went to inspect his stable, accompanied by some attendants.

During that interval the ascetic, too, arrived there, and presented the king with a fruit in the usual manner. He began tossing it in the air, when all of a sudden it fell from his hand on the ground, and a monkey took it up and broke it in pieces. So exquisite a ruby came out of it that the king and his attendants were astonished at the sight of its brilliance. Thereupon the king said to the devotee; “Why hast thou given me this ruby?”

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