. Tales of the Punjab : told by the people . ope ; so thecrow flew on until he met a cat, and said— Cat! cat! catch mouse ;Mouse wont gnaw rope ;Rope wont bind ox ;Ox wont drink water ;Water wont quench fire ;Fire wont burn stick ; 202 TALES OF THE PUNJAB Stick wont beat snake ; Snake wont bite Queen ; Queen wont coax King ; King wont kill man ; Man wont cut tree ;And I cant get the grain of cornTo save my life from the farmers wife ! The moment the cat heard the name of mouse,she was after it ; for the world will come to an endbefore a cat will leave a mouse alone. So the cat began to catch t
. Tales of the Punjab : told by the people . ope ; so thecrow flew on until he met a cat, and said— Cat! cat! catch mouse ;Mouse wont gnaw rope ;Rope wont bind ox ;Ox wont drink water ;Water wont quench fire ;Fire wont burn stick ; 202 TALES OF THE PUNJAB Stick wont beat snake ; Snake wont bite Queen ; Queen wont coax King ; King wont kill man ; Man wont cut tree ;And I cant get the grain of cornTo save my life from the farmers wife ! The moment the cat heard the name of mouse,she was after it ; for the world will come to an endbefore a cat will leave a mouse alone. So the cat began to catch the mouse,The mouse began to gnaw the rope,The rope began to bind the ox,The ox began to drink the water,The water began to quench the fire,The fire began to burn the stick,The stick began to beat the snake,The snake began to bite the Queen,The Queen began to coax the King,The King began to kill the man,The man began to cut the tree ;So the crow got the grain of corn,And saved his life from the farmers wife! THE FARMER AND THE MONEY-LENDER. HERE was once a farmer whosuffered much at the handsof a money-lender. Goodharvests, or bad, the farmerwas always poor, the money-lender rich. At last, whenhe hadnt a farthing left, thefarmer went to the money-lenders house, and said, You cant squeeze water from a stone, and as you havenothing to get by me now, you might tell me thesecret of becoming rich. My friend, returned the money-lender piously, riches come from Ram—ask him Thank you, I will ! replied the simple farmer ;so he prepared three girdle-cakes to last him on thejourney, and set out to find Ram. First he met a Brahman, and to him he gave acake, asking him to point out the road to Ram ; butthe Brahman only took the cake and went on hisway without a word. Next the farmer met a Jogior devotee, and to him he gave a cake, withoutreceiving any help in return. At last, he came upona poor man sitting under a tree, and finding out he 204 TALES OF THE PUNJAB was hungry, the kindly fa
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