. St. Nicholas [serial]. LAZY COOMARASAWMY. {An East Indian Fairy Tale.) By George ANY years ago, beforethe king of monkeys,Hanumau, had assistedKirshna to drive thefairies out of India,there lived outside thevillage of Paudinagar(near Belgaum) an oldHindu of the koonbi orcultivator caste, with his large family of fine night, after the old man had beenworking hard all the day long, he lay down torest at last; but first he said to his sons, Whatwork will you boys do this moonlight night?It is as bright as day, and young men mustwork whenever there is light. So the oldest said,
. St. Nicholas [serial]. LAZY COOMARASAWMY. {An East Indian Fairy Tale.) By George ANY years ago, beforethe king of monkeys,Hanumau, had assistedKirshna to drive thefairies out of India,there lived outside thevillage of Paudinagar(near Belgaum) an oldHindu of the koonbi orcultivator caste, with his large family of fine night, after the old man had beenworking hard all the day long, he lay down torest at last; but first he said to his sons, Whatwork will you boys do this moonlight night?It is as bright as day, and young men mustwork whenever there is light. So the oldest said, Father, I will plow allnight long, and never feel tired; the second said, I will make willow baskets to sell; thethird said, And I will twist a coil of yarn intorope. So six of the sons answered cheerfully, We will work all night long for our good oldfather. But lazy Coomarasawmy, the seventh son,only yawned as he replied, I would like to lieon my back all the night in the moonlight, witha fairy to fan me, a fairy to light my hooka forme, a fairy to give me lemonade to drink, anda very
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