Shans at home . ould be less than a house is empty, and you want a child to fill it;to take this little one would be a pleasure to you, butit would give you no merit. I shall keep the they change the subject, and talk about theirneighbours; and probably the child begins to the friend says : What a cross baby! If it pleasesyou, I shall sell it to you for one rupee. So the babyis given to the mother, and is named Little Rupee,or Little Found-in-the-Jungle. Sometimes this elaborate acting is of no avail, andthe baby is still unfortunate or ill; so a last attempt
Shans at home . ould be less than a house is empty, and you want a child to fill it;to take this little one would be a pleasure to you, butit would give you no merit. I shall keep the they change the subject, and talk about theirneighbours; and probably the child begins to the friend says : What a cross baby! If it pleasesyou, I shall sell it to you for one rupee. So the babyis given to the mother, and is named Little Rupee,or Little Found-in-the-Jungle. Sometimes this elaborate acting is of no avail, andthe baby is still unfortunate or ill; so a last attemptis made to deceive the evil spirit. The father rollshis child in a mat, and carries him to the cemetery;the mother follows, crying aloud; they dig a littlegrave; the child is laid in it; the earth is heapedupon it—of course the father is very careful that thechilds face is left uncovered—and passages from thesacred books are recited; and now, as the baby isdead and buried, the evil spirit will surely
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