So the people walked away disgusted, and said: “What fool’s talk is this? Who ever heard of its raining goolgoolahs? The one statement is as false as the other.”
After this his mother advised him to return to his wife, who must wonder what had become of him. “And mind,” she said, “whatever your wife may say, you must agree, and say ‘Acchābat’ ”—or “Quite right,” as we English would say “Good!” or “Very good news!”
So he returned to his wife, and the first piece of news she gave him was that her mother had been put into prison, to which he replied, “Acchābat,” or “Very good.” On this his wife was exceedingly vexed, and turned him out of the house.
He returned to his mother, who asked him what had happened. She said: “You are indeed a foolish boy, you should have said, ‘Ah ha! Ah ha! this is indeed sad news.’ I hope you will remember next time what I have told you.”
So Sheik Chilli went back to his wife, who greeted him with the news that his mother-in-law had been released.
“Ah ha!” said Sheik Chilli, “this is indeed sad news.”
The mother-in-law, who overheard him, said: “I have had enough of you: take your wife, and go and live in your own mother’s house.” So she turned him out.
THE MONKEY, THE TIGER, AND THE PRINCESS
Once upon a time there was a King who had seven sons, and he made up his mind that he would not let them marry unless they married seven sisters, so he sent his Brahmin to seek a Rajah who had seven daughters, and to bring him word. After a time the Brahmin succeeded, and found a Rajah who had seven daughters; so arrangements were speedily made for their marriage.