The Magic Bed: A Book of East Indian Fairy-Tales

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Author: Hartwell James ISBN: 9781465612540
Publisher: Library of Alexandria Publication: March 8, 2015
Imprint: Language: English
Author: Hartwell James
ISBN: 9781465612540
Publisher: Library of Alexandria
Publication: March 8, 2015
Imprint:
Language: English
ONE very hot day, a young Prince, or Rajah as they are called in India, had been hunting all the morning in the jungle, and by noon had lost sight of his attendants. So he sat down under a tree to rest and to eat some cakes which his mother had given him. When he broke the first one he found an ant in it. In the second there were two ants, in the third, three, and so on until in the sixth there were six ants and the Ant-King himself. "I think these cakes belong to you more than they do to me," said the Prince to the Ant-King. "Take them all, for I am going to sleep." After a while the Ant-King crawled up to the Prince's ear as he lay there dreaming, and said, "We are much obliged for the cakes and have eaten them up. What can we do for you in return?" "I have everything I need," replied the Prince in his sleep. "I cannot spend all the money I have, I have more jewels than I can wear, and more servants than I can count, and I am tired of them all." "You would never be tired of the Princess Lalun," replied the Ant-King. "You should seek her, for she is as lovely as the morning." When the young Prince awoke, the ants were all gone; and he was very sorry for this, because he remembered what the Ant-King had said about the Princess Lalun. "The only thing for me to do," he said to himself, "is to find out in what country this princess lives." So he rode on through the jungle until sundown, and there beside a pool a tiger stood roaring. "Are you hungry?" asked the Prince. "What is the matter?"
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ONE very hot day, a young Prince, or Rajah as they are called in India, had been hunting all the morning in the jungle, and by noon had lost sight of his attendants. So he sat down under a tree to rest and to eat some cakes which his mother had given him. When he broke the first one he found an ant in it. In the second there were two ants, in the third, three, and so on until in the sixth there were six ants and the Ant-King himself. "I think these cakes belong to you more than they do to me," said the Prince to the Ant-King. "Take them all, for I am going to sleep." After a while the Ant-King crawled up to the Prince's ear as he lay there dreaming, and said, "We are much obliged for the cakes and have eaten them up. What can we do for you in return?" "I have everything I need," replied the Prince in his sleep. "I cannot spend all the money I have, I have more jewels than I can wear, and more servants than I can count, and I am tired of them all." "You would never be tired of the Princess Lalun," replied the Ant-King. "You should seek her, for she is as lovely as the morning." When the young Prince awoke, the ants were all gone; and he was very sorry for this, because he remembered what the Ant-King had said about the Princess Lalun. "The only thing for me to do," he said to himself, "is to find out in what country this princess lives." So he rode on through the jungle until sundown, and there beside a pool a tiger stood roaring. "Are you hungry?" asked the Prince. "What is the matter?"

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