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dish was also served, he asked the queen to come and eat. 
The queen replied, ‘‘ Hear, O king, twelve years have passed 
and never did you ask me (to eat). What is the matter to- 
day ?” Having spoken so, she brought out the bread from 
the earthen pot and put it all before him and poured out the 
salt from the jar in the courtyard. The old lady got very 
much ashamed and died on the very spot. The king and the 
queen reigned for many a day. May! everybody's good days 
return as did theirs. 
BaHIRAM COTTA K' KATHA. 
ék raja ke cari larika rahai. 6k din raja cariu ko holai ke 
ék 6k s® puchini ki: “ bhaiya tum ki ki bhagi s* jiat' hau.” 
tini larika jo baré rahai so kahini ki: “ bappa ham tumhari 
hagi s° jiiti hai.” jab choté larika s° puchin': ‘‘ bhaiya 
Bahiram tum ki ki bhagi s° jiat' hau,” tau wi bola: ‘ bappa 
sab koi apani apani bhagi s° jiati hai.” raja ya bat suni kai 
nakhus bhayé, kuchu bolé nai. ae 
dosaré din jab cariu bhai sikar s° lauté tau sipahi kahis' 
ki: ‘‘ raja kahin' hai ki jaun hamari bhagi s° nai jiat' hai taun 
mahal mo na ghusai au jo asil hoi tau hamari raji k* bahiri 
anna jal karai.”” Bahiram huai apané bhain ko salam kai kai 
cal diha, : 
calti calti wi apané bap ki raji ke baher pahtica. dekhai 
ka 6k naddi k° kinaré cari pac sipabi baccit kai rahé hai catta 
nau ko rip dhari kai gawa au salam kai kai kahis' ki: ‘* bhaiya 
hajamati banawai léu.”” wahii kahin': *‘calau mauke po nau- 
wau ai gawa.”’ jab sab jané hajamat! banawai ke nahai khatir 
pani mo ghusé tau Bahiram sab ké kapara lai kai cal diha. 
sipahi jab pani s° bahiri ayé tau dékhai ka ki nauwa kapara 
lai kai bhaggawa. man ma kahin‘iki: “ bhat din ka nangé jai- 
hau tau sab jané hasihai rati ke ghar caleu. ee 
i war Bahiram sipahin k* ghar pahtica au _khabari kihis' 
ki: ‘‘ wui sab jané larai mo mare gayé ham unké kapara layen 
hai taun léu.” ya suni kai meharua rowai dhowai lagi. unka 
ke hua tiki ga. rati ke jab sipahi apané ghar pahtce tau 
meharua unka bhit jani ke marai lagi jabs 
man ma pachitani au marab band kihin'. & Bahira 
sabéré sipahi raja khiya gayé au kahin' ki 3 iy : pe prein 
cotta awa hai. wuika pakarau nai tau sab ka wu hairan te 
raja apané dardga ke hukum dihin' ki: “ rata bhare me “ a 
46 tau inam mili.” dardga rati bhari dhfrhat' raha. ¢k tir 

1 This is the prayer with which every story ends. It — a 
story may relate unhappy events but always has a happy ene. 
