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Hiralal Kavyopadhyaya and G. A. Grierson- 
[No. 2, 
Lika from like. 
As his house and doorways, so are his tatfi doors ; and as 
the mother and father, so is the child. (32). 
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5 A tree is known by its fruits. 
An oil-press full of rubbish gives half oil half water. (33). 
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Something like absent-mindedness ! ! 
In Bawan’s logs a blister has burst, and in it nine hundred 
10 scorpions have taken up their dwelling, (yet he does not notice 
it). (See the story of Chanda). (34). 
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2. Riddles. 
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The stem is sturdy, its leaves (pan') are like Bangali betel 
(pan). 'When one eats it, it is sweet as treacle, and one thinks 
it a sweet Krishna. (Oopdl hhog is also a kind of plantain). Ans. 
A plantain. (1), 
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The stem is delicate, the leaf myrobalan, the flowers jewels, and 
the fruit plantains. Ans. The silk-cotton tree. (2). 
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A dense set of Korai-tvees with tight tying. He who does not 
25 know this, will have to prick the cart-ropes. Ans. A comb. (3). 
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An unknown tree, with a bird of brass. When the tree shakes* 
the bird sings. Ans. Anklets. (4). 
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It is twisted and twirled, and sits on a mountain ; flowers and 
betel are laid on it, and yet it is not a god. Ans. A turban. (5). 
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