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ashoka tree asked the king bathe beauty body Brahman youth brave brother cemetery city called clever Cloud-chariot Copper City counsellor counsellor's son creature cried dead dear delighted fairy father fell Fierce-lion Friend-wealth Ganges river garden Garuda Gauri gave gems giant girl Glory-banner goblin had told goblin heard grief happy Hariswami heart heaven heavenly heavenly creature HEN the king hermit Hero Holy sir honour husband jewels Kalinga killed king named King Shudraka King Triple-victory king went back king's men king's shoulder kingdom laughed Lily Listen lived Lotus-lake Love-cluster maiden Majesty Malabar hills Malwa married Master-mind merchant monk moon Moon-lord Moonlight mother night Nishadha old woman palace parents parrot pearl prayed prince princess put the goblin sacrifice Sandal serpents servants Shell-crest Shiva sissoo tree spoke strange tell terrible thief thing thought thrush told this story Ujjain Vasuki virtue weary weeping wife wonderful
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Page 107 - Then the magic goblin went back to his tree in a moment. And the king was still determined to catch him, and went once more to the sissoo tree. TWELFTH GOBLIN The Brahman who died because Poison from a Snake in the Claws of a Hawk fell into a Dish of Food given him by a Charitable Woman. Who is to blame for his death? Then the King went back under the sissoo tree, put the goblin on his shoulder, and started as before. And as he walked along, the goblin said to him again: "O King, listen to a very...
Page 137 - His father graciously assented, and Cloud-chariot went to the wishing-tree, and said: "O god, you have fulfilled the wishes of our fathers. Fulfil now my one single wish. Remove poverty from the world. A blessing be with you. Go. I give you to the needy world." And as Cloud-chariot bowed reverently, there came a voice from the tree: "I go, since you give me up." And the wishing-tree immediately flew from heaven and rained so much money on the earth that nobody was poor. And Cloud-chariot's reputation...
Page 51 - ... men or women? Then the king went back to the sissoo tree to fetch the goblin. When he got there, he took the body with the goblin in it on his shoulder, and started off in silence. And as he walked along, the goblin said to him again: "O King, you must be very tired, coming and going in the night. So to amuse you I will tell another story. Listen.
Page 217 - ... and a strange time and place for such as you. They say truly that you are the best of kings, for you serve others without thinking of yourself. This is the very thing that makes the greatness of a great man, when he does not give a thing up, though it costs his very life." So the monk felt sure the he was quite successful, and he took the body from the king's shoulder. He bathed it and put garlands on it, and set it in the middle of the circle. Then he smeared his own body with ashes, put on...
Page 4 - ... fearlessly to get him. SECOND GOBLIN The Three Lovers who brought the Dead Girl to Life. Whose wife should she be? Then King Triple-victory went back under the sissoo tree to fetch the goblin. And when he got there and looked about, he saw the goblin fallen on the ground and moaning. Then, when the king put the body with the goblin in it on his shoulder and started to carry him off quickly and silently, the goblin on his shoulder said to him: "Oh King, you have fallen into a very disagreeable...
Page 161 - ... called Invincible, and the magic fruit which wards off birth, old age, and death. And the king took the sword and the fruit, plunged into the pool which she showed him, and came up in his own country, feeling completely successful. But Good ruled happily over the kingdom of the princess. When the goblin had told this story, he asked the king: "O King, which of these two deserves more credit for plunging into the sea?
Page 49 - ... hungry and saw nothing. He was not to blame. And how can you blame either or both of the charitable people who gave food to a guest who arrived unexpectedly? They were quite virtuous, and cannot be blamed. I should say that the dead man himself was to blame, for he dared to accuse one of the others." When the goblin heard this, he jumped from the king's shoulder and escaped to the sissoo tree. And the king ran after him again, determined to catch him. THIRTEENTH GOBLIN The Girl who showed Great...
Page 173 - ... with his science." When the goblin heard this, he escaped by magic from the king's shoulder, and disappeared. And the king followed him as before. Discouragement never enters the brave heart of a resolute man. TENTH GOBLIN The Three Delicate Wives of King Virtuebanner. Which is the most delicate? Then the king went to the sissoo tree, put the goblin on his shoulder once more, and started toward the monk. And as he walked along, the goblin on his shoulder said: "O King, I will tell you a strange...
Page 109 - ... and was far away. Yet he ran after and offered his body to Garuda." When the goblin heard this, he went back to the sissoo tree. And the king returned to catch him again. SIXTEENTH GOBLIN The King who died for Love of his General's Wife; the General follows him in Death. Which is the more worthy? Then the king went back under the sissoo tree, put the goblin on his shoulder as before, and started. And the goblin said to him: "O King, I will tell you another little story to relieve your weariness....
Page 19 - ... us be off." But then he did not see the goblin on the ground any longer. And when he looked up, there he was, hanging in the tree as before. So the king climbed the tree again, and carefully carried the body down. A brave man's heart is harder than a diamond, and nothing makes it tremble. Then he put the body with the goblin in it on his shoulder, and started off in silence. And as he walked along, the goblin in the body said: "O King, to amuse the journey, I will tell you a story. Listen.