No. 50
The Nikini Story[1]
In a certain country there are a man and a woman, it is said. There is a girl (daughter) of those two persons.
The girl was asked [in marriage] for a Gamarāla of another country who had much wealth in money. The girl having been summoned, and having gone to the Gamarāla, and been with him for a long time, he went to chop jungle [for making a chena]. There he met with a fawn, and having returned home said to the girl, “Bolan, there was a fawn in the chena.”
The girl said, “Anē! After you have gone to-morrow bring it.” On the following day the Gamarāla brought it.
When the girl had reared it for a long time, a longing came to her, and she lay down. Afterwards the Gamarāla asked the Deer, “What, Deer, is thy elder sister’s illness?”
Then the Deer said, “Our elder sister has a longing.”
The Gamarāla said, “What can she eat for it?”