. Tales of the Punjab : told by the people . PRINCESS PEPPERINA. BULBUL once lived in a forest,and sang all day to her mate,till one morning she said, Oh,dearest husband ! you singbeautifully, but I should so likesome nice green pepper to eat!The obedient bulbul at onceflew off to find some, but thoughhe fle\v for miles, peeping into every garden by the way, he could not discover asingle green pepper. Either there was no fruit atall on the bushes, but only tiny white star-flowers,or the peppers were all ripe, and crimson red. At last, right out in the wilderness, he came upona high-walled gard
. Tales of the Punjab : told by the people . PRINCESS PEPPERINA. BULBUL once lived in a forest,and sang all day to her mate,till one morning she said, Oh,dearest husband ! you singbeautifully, but I should so likesome nice green pepper to eat!The obedient bulbul at onceflew off to find some, but thoughhe fle\v for miles, peeping into every garden by the way, he could not discover asingle green pepper. Either there was no fruit atall on the bushes, but only tiny white star-flowers,or the peppers were all ripe, and crimson red. At last, right out in the wilderness, he came upona high-walled garden. Tall mango-trees shaded iton all sides, shutting out fierce sunshine and roughwinds, and within grew innumerable flowers andfruits. But there was no sign of life within its walls—no birds, no butterflies, only silence and a perfumeof flowers. The bulbul alighted in the middle of the garden,and, lo ! there grew a solitary pepper plant, andamid the polished leaves shone a single green fruitof immense size, gleaming like an emerald. 160 TALES OF THE PUNJAB
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