The Rajah owned his sin, and implored forgiveness of his wife. At first she refused to forgive him, but after a time she listened, and the Rajah said that, if ever again he did anything to vex or hurt her, the old Fakir might punish him as he thought best.
Now the Indian people dread the punishment of a holy Fakir; so the Queen returned to her former Palace, and lived happily ever after.
THE MAN WHO WENT TO SEEK HIS FORTUNE
There was once a Zemindar or Jhut who was very poor, and he had a brother who was very rich, but the rich brother never helped him at all and often reproached him for his poverty.
One day the poor Zemindar determined to go out into the wide world to seek his fortune, and not to return until he had found it.
Having thus made up his mind he set out on his journey, and the first thing he came across was a King’s Palace, which was in the hands of carpenters and masons; but no sooner had they built it up on one side, than the other side fell down, so that the place was at all times under repairs, and caused its owner much expense and anxiety.
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The Man who went to Seek his Fortune