Deccan nursery tales; or, Fairy tales from the south . 5 DECCAN NURSERY TALES the heart of her husband, the king, a wish tosee his queen, and he sent out messengerson every side to look for her. At last one ofthe messengers saw the queen in the holymans hermitage and went back and told theking. The king was overjoyed, and, taking hischief minister with him, he journeyed to thehermitage. He threw himself at the holymans feet and then loaded him with the holy man was pleased and said, OKing, I have treated your wife exactly as if shehad been my own daughter. She has livedhere just a
Deccan nursery tales; or, Fairy tales from the south . 5 DECCAN NURSERY TALES the heart of her husband, the king, a wish tosee his queen, and he sent out messengerson every side to look for her. At last one ofthe messengers saw the queen in the holymans hermitage and went back and told theking. The king was overjoyed, and, taking hischief minister with him, he journeyed to thehermitage. He threw himself at the holymans feet and then loaded him with the holy man was pleased and said, OKing, I have treated your wife exactly as if shehad been my own daughter. She has livedhere just as if she had been in her fathershouse. Now take her with you back againand once more go through the marriageceremony with her. The king consented,and both he and the queen prostrated them-selves before the holy man, and then they bothreturned to Atpat. And they celebrated theirhome-coming with the greatest the rest of the kings reign was as happyas possible. And we shall be just as happy ifwe honour Shiva like the King of Atpat did. 106. SHE HAS LIVED HERE JUST AS IF SUE HAD BEENIN HER FATHERS HOUSE. XVI THE RISHI AND THE BRAHMAN Once upon a time there was a town calledAtpat. In it there lived a Brahman. Formany years he lived happily and cultivated hisfields of rice and grain. But one day his wifegave up the observances imposed on her, and,as a result, the whole house was stained by herconduct, and pollution hung like a black cloudover it. Her husband should have driven herout, but he had not the heart to do so. So he,too, incurred the blame of his wifes sin. Incourse of time they died, and, as a punishmentfor their wickedness, the husband became inhis next life a bullock, and the wife became adog. But the gods so far relented as to findthem a home in the house of their only son. Now the son was a very pious man, who neverfailed in his religious rites. He worshipped 107 DECCAN NURSERY TALES the gods, gave memorial honours to his deadfather, and welcomed to his ho
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