Tales of the Punjab: Folklore of India
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Steel Flora Annie Webster. Tales of the Punjab: Folklore of India
TO THE LITTLE READER
SIR BUZZ
THE RAT'S WEDDING
THE FAITHFUL PRINCE
THE BEAR'S BAD BARGAIN
PRINCE LIONHEART AND HIS THREE FRIENDS
THE LAMBIKIN
BOPOLÛCHÎ
PRINCESS AUBERGINE
VALIANT VICKY, THE BRAVE WEAVER
THE SON OF SEVEN MOTHERS
THE SPARROW AND THE CROW
THE TIGER, THE BRAHMÂN, AND THE JACKAL
THE KING OF THE CROCODILES
LITTLE ANKLEBONE
THE CLOSE ALLIANCE
THE TWO BROTHERS
THE JACKAL AND THE IGUANA
THE DEATH AND BURIAL OF POOR HEN-SPARROW
PRINCESS PEPPERINA
PEASIE AND BEANSIE
THE JACKAL AND THE PARTRIDGE
THE SNAKE-WOMAN AND KING ALI MARDAN
THE WONDERFUL RING
THE JACKAL AND THE PEA-HEN
THE GRAIN OF CORN
THE FARMER AND THE MONEY-LENDER
THE LORD OF DEATH
THE WRESTLERS
THE LEGEND OF GWÂSHBRÂRI, THE GLACIER-HEARTED QUEEN
THE BARBER'S CLEVER WIFE
THE JACKAL AND THE CROCODILE
HOW RAJA RASÂLU WAS BORN
HOW RAJA RASÂLU WENT OUT INTO THE WORLD
HOW RAJA RASÂLU'S FRIENDS FORSOOK HIM
HOW RAJA RASÂLU KILLED THE GIANTS
HOW RAJA RASÂLU BECAME A JÔGI
HOW RAJA RASÂLU JOURNEYED TO THE CITY OF KING SARKAP
HOW RAJA RASÂLU SWUNG THE SEVENTY FAIR MAIDENS, DAUGHTERS OF THE KING
HOW RAJA RASÂLU PLAYED CHAUPUR WITH KING SARKAP
THE KING WHO WAS FRIED
PRINCE HALF-A-SON
THE MOTHER AND DAUGHTER WHO WORSHIPPED THE SUN
THE RUBY PRINCE
NOTES TO TALES
SIR BUZZ
THE RAT'S WEDDING
THE FAITHFUL PRINCE
THE BEAR'S BAD BARGAIN
PRINCE LIONHEART
THE LAMBIKIN
BOPOLUCHI
PRINCESS AUBERGINE
VALIANT VICKY
THE SON OF SEVEN MOTHERS
THE SPARROW AND THE CROW
THE BRAHMAN AND THE TIGER
THE KING OF THE CROCODILES
LITTLE ANKLEBONE
THE CLOSE ALLIANCE
THE TWO BROTHERS
THE JACKAL AND THE LIZARD
THE SPARROW'S MISFORTUNE
THE PRINCESS PEPPERINA
PEASIE AND BEANSIE
THE SNAKE-WOMAN
THE WONDERFUL RING
THE JACKAL AND THE PEA-HEN
THE GRAIN OF CORN
THE FARMER AND THE MONEY-LENDER
THE LORD OF DEATH
THE WRESTLERS
GWASHBRARI
THE BARBER'S CLEVER WIFE
THE JACKAL AND THE CROCODILE
HOW RAJA RASÂLU WAS BORN
HOW RAJA RASÂLU WENT OUT INTO THE WORLD
HOW RAJA RASÂLU'S FRIENDS FORSOOK HIM
HOW RAJA RASÂLU KILLED THE GIANTS
HOW RAJA RASÂLU BECAME A JOGI
HOW RAJA RASÂLU JOURNEYED TO THE CITY OF KING SARKAP
HOW RAJA RASÂLU SWUNG THE SEVENTY FAIR MAIDENS, DAUGHTERS OF THE KING
HOW RAJA RASÂLU PLAYED CHAUPUR WITH RAJA SARKAP
THE KING WHO WAS FRIED
PRINCE HALF-A-SON
THE MOTHER OF SEVEN SONS
THE RUBY PRINCE
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Would you like to know how these stories are told? Come with me, and you shall see. There! take my hand and do not be afraid, for Prince Hassan's carpet is beneath your feet. So now!—'Hey presto!
Abracadabra!' Here we are in a Punjabi village.
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So Sir Buzz boomed off, and the soldier's son and the Princess Blossom lived and travelled together very happily, until at last they lost their way in a forest, and wandered about for some time without any food. When they were nearly starving, a Brâhman found them, and hearing their story said, 'Alas! you poor children!—come home with me, and I will give you something to eat.'
Now had he said 'I will eat you,' it would have been much nearer the mark, for he was no Brâhman, but a dreadful vampire, who loved to devour handsome young men and slender girls. But, knowing nothing of all this, the couple went home with him quite cheerfully. He was most polite, and when they arrived at his house, said, 'Please get ready whatever you want to eat, for I have no cook. Here are my keys; open all my cupboards save the one with the golden key. Meanwhile I will go and gather firewood.'
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