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Number Two, that is the bearer of the king's daughter, he is 

 just like her nurse, he cannot get her. And as to Number 

 Three, he is the one to get her in marriage, because he has known 

 her both in public and in private. Now Number Four, that is the 

 bow man, he has been very loyal indeed to her, he cannot have 

 her, for he has been just like a brother to her. As to Number 

 Five, he cannot have her, for he has been just like a mother to 

 her ; for every child that has no mother to suckle it, how can 

 it be and live ? " 



Thus did the king gave judgment by a parable. And so 

 as regards those who thought that Number One should get the 

 princess we can all learn that those people who so think will 

 want in all their work to be at the head of it, and as to those 

 who thought that Number Two should get her, we learn that 

 they like doing other people's work. And if any one thought 

 that Number Three should get her, we know that whatever 

 they may wish, they will seldom fail of it, and that their words 

 will always fall true. And as to those who thought that 

 Number Four should get her we learn that they are very loyal 

 to their friends. And if anyone thought that Number Five 

 should get her, then that man is a great lover of mankind. 

 This is the moral of the story. 



The Story of the Five Men who Stole 

 the King's Daughter. 



Alkgsah maka adalah pada masa zaman dahulu kala maka 

 adalah satu raja didalam satu n&g&ri itu hgndak mekhawinkan 

 anaknya vang p&rempuan dengau anak raja didalam nSgSri itu 

 uga. Maka dudoklah bgrjaga-jaga ampat puloh hari ampat 

 puloh malara, siang sarupa malam, malam sarupa siang. Maka 

 didalam hal itu terdSngarlah khabarani pada Iain-lain nSgeri. 

 Maka ada satu orang penchuri ia hendak pergi mgnchuri didalam 

 rumah raja itu. Maka berjalanlah ia dengan sa'orang dirinya. 

 K&mudian b^rjumpa pula dengan sa'orang lain, maka kata orang 



B. A. Soc, No, 48, 1907, 



