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» Bopoluchi
Submitted By Edy Lee | Published 01/8/2006 | India | Rating:
A number of young girls were drawing water at the village well and telling each other their fantasies of when and whom and how they would marry.
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» Why the Fish Laughed
Submitted By Edy Lee | Published 01/8/2006 | India | Rating:
As a fisherwoman passed by the palace hawking her fish, the queen appeared at one of the windows and beckoned her to come near and show her what she had. At that moment a very big fish jumped about in the bottom of the basket.

 

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» Sukhu and Dukhu
Submitted By Edy Lee | Published 01/8/2006 | India | Rating:
A man had two wives and had a daughter by each of them. Dukhu was the daughter of the elder wife and Sukhu was the daughter of the younger. The man loved his younger wife and her daughter
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» The Ogress Queen
Submitted By Edy Lee | Published 01/8/2006 | India | Rating:
People tell a story about a king who had seven wives but no children. When he married the first woman, he thought she would bear him a son. When she didn't, he married a second with the same hope. When she too turned out to be barren, he married a third, then a fourth, and then the others. But no son and heir was born to make his heart glad and to sit on the throne after him.
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» Living Like a Pig
Submitted By Edy Lee | Published 01/8/2006 | India | Rating:
One day, a guru foresaw in a flash of vision what he would be in his next life. So he called his favorite disciple and asked him what he would do for his guru in return for all he had received. The disciple said he would do whatever his guru asked him to do.
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» One More Use for Artists
Submitted By Edy Lee | Published 01/8/2006 | India | Rating:
A great raja's daughter was beautiful and talented, and she loved to hunt in the woods on horseback. One day, as she was galloping after a fine buck, she suddenly found herself in a dense forest, all alone. She climbed a tree to see if she could spot her followers anywhere in the distance.
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» The Magic Bowls
Submitted By Edy Lee | Published 01/8/2006 | India | Rating:
A man was poor, and his wife nagged him every day for being such a lazy good-for-nothing. The poor fellow would listen to all her abuse patiently, slip out of the house whenever he could, and stay out till it felt safe to come home.
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» The Dove's Egg
Submitted By Edy Lee | Published 01/8/2006 | India | Rating:
A dove laid an egg in the hollow of a big tree in front of the blacksmith's house. When she flew away from her nest in search of food, the blacksmith's wife stole the egg. The dove came back to her nest and found the egg missing.
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» A Drum
Submitted By Edy Lee | Published 01/8/2006 | India | Rating:
A poor woman had only one son. She worked hard cleaning houses and grinding grain for the well-to-do families in town. They gave her some grain in return and she lived on it. But she could never afford to buy nice clothes or toys for her son. Once, when she was going to the market with some grain to sell, she asked her son, "What can I get you from the market?" He promptly replied, "A drum, Mother, get me a drum."
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» Parwati and the Beggar-Man
Submitted By Edy Lee | Published 01/8/2006 | India | Rating:

Once upon a time there was a town called Atpat. In It there lived a Brahman. He had seven daughters, and when they had reached a marriageable age he asked them who would arrange their marriages and bring them handsome husbands and make their fortunes. The six eldest daughters said, "Papa, Papa, you of course. You will arrange our marriages and bring us handsome husbands and make our fortunes for us."

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