. Tales of the Punjab : told by the people . OF THE PUNJAB came to a wild deserted spot, where the thieves wereoff their guard ; then she whipped out the bill-hook,and in a twinkling cut off the heads of the twothieves at the foot of the bed. Turning roundquickly, she did the same to the other thief at thehead, but the robber himself ran away in a terriblefright, and scrambled like a wild cat up a tree closeby before she could reach him. Come down ! cried brave Bopoluchi, brandishingthe bill-hook, and fight it out! But the robber would not come down ; soBopoluchi gathered all the sticks she co
. Tales of the Punjab : told by the people . OF THE PUNJAB came to a wild deserted spot, where the thieves wereoff their guard ; then she whipped out the bill-hook,and in a twinkling cut off the heads of the twothieves at the foot of the bed. Turning roundquickly, she did the same to the other thief at thehead, but the robber himself ran away in a terriblefright, and scrambled like a wild cat up a tree closeby before she could reach him. Come down ! cried brave Bopoluchi, brandishingthe bill-hook, and fight it out! But the robber would not come down ; soBopoluchi gathered all the sticks she could find, piledthem round the tree, and set fire to them. Of coursethe tree caught fire also, and the robber, half stifledwith the smoke, tried to jump down, and was killed. After that, Bopoluchi went to the robbers houseand carried off all the gold and silver, jewels andclothes, that were hidden there, coming back to thevillage so rich that she could marry any one shepleased. And that was the end of Bopoluchisadventures. PRINCESS AUBERGINE. NCE upon a time there lived apoor Brahman and his wife,so poor, that often they didnot know whither to turn fora meal, and were reduced towild herbs and roots for theirdinner. Now one day, as the Brah-man was gathering such herbs as he could find in thewilderness, he came upon an Aubergine, or it might prove useful by and by, he dug itup, took it home, and planted it by his cottage day he watered and tended it, so that it grewwonderfully, and at last bore one large fruit as big asa pear, purple and white and glossy,—such a hand-some fruit, that the good couple thought it a pity topick it, and let it hang on the plant day after day,until one fine morning when there was absolutelynothing to eat in the house. Then the Brahman saidto his wife, We must eat the egg-fruit ; go and cutit, and prepare it for dinner. So the Brahmans wife took a knife, and cut thebeautiful purple and white fruit off the plant, and asshe
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