The oil dealer then told her the whole story, ending with: “And now I come to return you the five rupees.”
The Begum was very pleased, and, taking the money, she called her servants and ordered a further sum of one hundred rupees to be added to it. This money she spent on sweets, which were distributed amongst the poor.
Many years afterwards the good Begum of Sardana died, but her houses and lands are still in existence; nor does anybody living in that town forget the story of the oilman who died and lived again.[1]
[1] The Begum’s property is now in possession of the Jesuits, and the priest who lives there is greatly beloved of the people. [↑]
THE STORY OF “BUNJARA TULLAO”
There is at a place in India called Agar, a tank or pond known as the “Bunjara Tullao,” yet no Bunjara will ever drink water there.
Many years ago no pond existed in that spot, and in all the country round a water famine prevailed, and the poor were perishing for want of water.
A Fakir prophesied that if a man would kill his son and daughter as a sacrifice to the Gods, water would be found and last always.