. Tales of the Punjab : told by the people . t has happened ? I dont half THE JACKAL AND THE CROCODILE 233 like to go in, for whenever I come home my wifealways calls out, Oh, dearest hubby hub ! What have you brought for grubTo me and the darling cub ? and to-day she doesnt say anything ! Hearing this, Miss Crocodile sang out from inside, Oh, dearest hubby hub !What have you brought for grubTo me and the darling cub ? The Jackal winked a very big wink, and stealingin softly, stood at the doorway. Meanwhile MissCrocodile, hearing him coming, held her breath, andlay, shamming dead, like a big l
. Tales of the Punjab : told by the people . t has happened ? I dont half THE JACKAL AND THE CROCODILE 233 like to go in, for whenever I come home my wifealways calls out, Oh, dearest hubby hub ! What have you brought for grubTo me and the darling cub ? and to-day she doesnt say anything ! Hearing this, Miss Crocodile sang out from inside, Oh, dearest hubby hub !What have you brought for grubTo me and the darling cub ? The Jackal winked a very big wink, and stealingin softly, stood at the doorway. Meanwhile MissCrocodile, hearing him coming, held her breath, andlay, shamming dead, like a big log. Bless my stars ! cried Mr. Jackal, taking out hispocket-handkerchief, how very very sad ! Herespoor Miss Crocodile stone dead, and all for love ofme ! Dear ! dear! Yet it is very odd, and I dontthink she can be quite dead, you know—for deadfolks always wag their tails ! On this, Miss Crocodile began to wag her tailvery gently, and Mr. Jackal ran off,, roaring withlaughter, and saying, Oho !—oho ! so dead folkalways wag their tails !. HOW RAJA RASALU WAS BORN NCE there lived a great Raja,whose name was Salbahan,and he had two Queens,Now the elder, by nameQueen Achhra, had a fairyoung son called PrincePuran ; but the younger,by name Lona, though shewept and prayed at many ashrine, had never a child to gladden her eyes. So,being a bad, deceitful woman, envy and rage tookpossession of her heart, and she so poisoned RajaSalbahans mind against his son, young Puran, thatjust as the Prince was growing to manhood, hisfather became madly jealous of him, and in a fit ofanger ordered his hands and feet to be cut content even with this cruelty, Raja Salbahanhad the poor young man thrown into a deep , Puran did not die, as no doubt theenraged father hoped and expected ; for God pre-served the innocent Prince, so that he lived on, mira-culously, at the bottom of the well, until, years after,the great and holy Guru Goraknath came to theplace, and rinding Prince
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