. Tales of the Punjab : told by the people . et slip. Meanwhile Lambikin trundled along, laughing tohimself, and singing— Tum-pa, turn-too; Tum-pa, turn-too ! Every animal and bird he met asked him thesame question— Drumikin ! Drumikin ! Have you seen Lambikin ? And to each of them the little sly-boots replied— Lost in the forest, and so are you,On, little Drumikin ! Tum-pa, turn-too ;Tum-pa, turn-too ; Tum-pa, turn-too !Then they all sighed to think of the tender littlemorsel they had let slip. At last the Jackal came limping along, for all hissorry looks as sharp as a needle,and he too calle
. Tales of the Punjab : told by the people . et slip. Meanwhile Lambikin trundled along, laughing tohimself, and singing— Tum-pa, turn-too; Tum-pa, turn-too ! Every animal and bird he met asked him thesame question— Drumikin ! Drumikin ! Have you seen Lambikin ? And to each of them the little sly-boots replied— Lost in the forest, and so are you,On, little Drumikin ! Tum-pa, turn-too ;Tum-pa, turn-too ; Tum-pa, turn-too !Then they all sighed to think of the tender littlemorsel they had let slip. At last the Jackal came limping along, for all hissorry looks as sharp as a needle,and he too called out— Drumikin ! Drumikin !Have you seen Lambikin ? 64 TALES OF THE PUNJAB And Lambikin, curled up in his snug little nest,replied gaily— Lost in the forest, and so are you,On, little Drumikin ! Turn-pa— But he never got any further, for the Jackalrecognised his voice at once, and cried, Hullo!youve turned yourself inside out, have you ? Justyou come out of that! Whereupon he tore open Drumikin and gobbledup Lambikin. BOPOLUCHI. NCE upon a time a number ofyoung girls went to draw waterat the village well, and whilethey were filling their jars, fella-talking of their betrothals andweddings. Said one— My uncle willsoon be coming with the bridalpresents, and he is to bring thefinest clothes imaginable. Said a second— And my uncle-in-law is coming,I know, bringing the most delicious sweetmeats youcould think of. Said a third— Oh, my uncle will be here in notime, with the rarest jewels in the world. But Bopoluchi, the prettiest girl of them all, lookedsad, for she was an orphan, and had no one to arrangea marriage for her. Nevertheless she was too proudto remain silent, so she said gaily— And my uncle iscoming also, bringing me fine dresses, fine food, andfine jewels. Now a wandering pedlar, who sold sweet scentsand cosmetics of all sorts to the country women,happened to be sitting near the well, and heard what F 66 TALES OF THE PUNJAB Bopoluchi said. Being much
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