“You see, brother,” said the Zemindar, “that you said it was my fate to have but a seer of atta (flour a day), but I have found my good fortune at last.”
THREE WISE MEN AND THE KING’S DAUGHTER
A King had a very beautiful daughter, and was anxious that she should marry some one who had made himself famous in some particular way.
Three men in the city came forward and begged the King for her hand in marriage.
“But what can you do?” asked the King.
“I can tell if a thing is lost, where to find it,” said the first, “and produce it if required.”
The second said: “I can make such wonderful horses out of wood, that they can rise to any height and go anywhere.”
The third said: “I can shoot with my bow any living thing.”
The King was pleased, and went and told his daughter, asking her to choose which she would have as a husband.