Vol. Ill, l^o. 5,] The Paladin^' of the Kesar-saaa, 



Tom Ijagj by "which everybody could be kept motionless in that 

 very place and position, which he just occupied. Thus the whole 

 ai^my oi gLing was kept bound by unseen fetters. Agu Khrai mgo 

 khrai thimg was accidentally away, and, therefore, escaped the 

 magic spell. By vStealing he provided food for his fettered com- 

 i^anions and kept them alive by feeding them in their helpless 

 positions. Then he took the shape of a cat and went into a mouse- 

 hole, where he found the mice celebrating the w^edding of their 

 king. He seized the king and minister and was attacked by all 

 the mice who ate his flesh. But although nothing but bone re- 

 mained he did not release his captives, till the mice restored his 

 flesh and promised to steal the jewel Tom Ijag, Thus the whole 

 army of gLwg was delivered. On their way back to gLzng , mDa 

 dpons son said he woald go to Lho krah and fetch the princess. 

 He placed a firebrand in the tail of a fox and threw the fox into 

 the Lho krah castle, which consisted of sealino* wax and melted. 



Thus the princess of Lja7ig was gained and united with rOyalsa 

 dKa rpo. 



At the celebration of the wedding the princess' food was 



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'estored in a miraculous way, whilst the prince's was not. Kesar 

 took this is as proof that the girl was of better character than his 

 son, became angry and left the couple alone in the Avildemess. 

 Then the two separated, the girl going back to LJang and the boy- 

 to gLing. But as the latter did not cease to deplore the loss of his 

 new bride, he was once more allowed to go and fetch her. He 

 took service in the Ljang castle; but whatever work he did, as 

 cow-herd, dog-herd, etc., it was accompanied by much blessing. 

 Once he saw in a picture of a miraculous wicWfi r£e?i, how much 

 he was missed by the people of gLing ^ and the couple decided to 

 run away. Through a spell he caused the treasures of Ljang to 

 adhere to his body and carried them off. The couple was toWowed 

 by the army of Ljang^ but rGyalsa dkarpo beat them and made 

 a pond of blood which he surrounded with a wall of bones. Then 

 a crow was sent to gLing to give news of the arrival of the couple 

 and a great wedding w^as celebrated. 



Vocabulary and J?'otes. 



y^^r-^qi^ i yon chags, water-offering 



o^'^c; I 



ma 2>^ang^ name of a lake. 



■SJ'ja'jn^l f sa ma brag, neither earth nor stone. 

 ^'3T^C f ^^' ^^^ boyig, neither man nor donkey. 

 -^'raCraC^Tl^'^Tl ^y^ khmng khrung dkarmo^ stork, 



