. Tales of the Punjab : told by the people . ng to the old hagsbidding, I want your skin, for King Indra is makinga new kettledrum, and says your skin is nice andtough. Upon this the Jogi began to shiver and shake (forno Jinn or Jogi dares disobey King Indras com-mand), and, falling at the lads feet, cried, If youwill spare me I will give you anything I possess,even my beautiful white cow ! To this, the son of seven mothers, after a littlepretended hesitation, agreed, saying that after all, itwould not be difficult to find a nice tough skin likethe Jogis elsewhere ; so, driving the wonderful c
. Tales of the Punjab : told by the people . ng to the old hagsbidding, I want your skin, for King Indra is makinga new kettledrum, and says your skin is nice andtough. Upon this the Jogi began to shiver and shake (forno Jinn or Jogi dares disobey King Indras com-mand), and, falling at the lads feet, cried, If youwill spare me I will give you anything I possess,even my beautiful white cow ! To this, the son of seven mothers, after a littlepretended hesitation, agreed, saying that after all, itwould not be difficult to find a nice tough skin likethe Jogis elsewhere ; so, driving the wonderful cowbefore him, he set off homewards. The seven Queenswere delighted to possess so marvellous an animal,and though they toiled from morning till night makingcurds and whey, besides selling milk to. the confec-tioners, they could not use half the cow gave, andbecame richer and richer day by day. Seeing them so comfortably off, the son of sevenmothers started with a light heart to marry the Prin-cess ; but when passing the white hinds palace he. •^ht 1894 hy Mactnillan &• Co. THE SON OF SEVEN MOTHERS 99 could not resist sending a bolt at some pigeons whichwere cooing on the parapet, and for the third timeone fell dead just beneath the window where thewhite Queen was sitting. Looking out, she saw thelad hale and hearty standing before her, and grewwhiter than ever with rage and spite. She sent for him to ask how he had returned sosoon, and when she heard how kindly her motherhad received him, she very nearly had a fit ; however,she dissembled her feelings as well as she could, and,smiling sweetly, said she was glad to have been ableto fulfil her promise, and that if he would give herthis third pigeon, she would do yet more for himthan she had done before, by giving him the million-fold rice, which ripens in one night. The lad was of course delighted at the very idea,and, giving up the pigeon, set off on his quest, armedas before with a potsherd, on which was written, Donot fail
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