"(6) I gave that earthen vessel to the cowherd's wife. (7) The cowherd's wife gave me a lump of butter. (8) I gave that lump to thee. (9) Wilt not thou give me an Ox?"

The others are not given, except the last lines:—

Baj meri dholaki dhámak dhûn;
Râni ke badle ái tun.

"O my drum, make sounds like dhámak dhûn: thou art come in exchange for a Queen."

33.—[The Monkey's Rebuke]

Told and recorded by Lálá Bhawání Dín, teacher of Majhgáon
district Hamirpur.

A Banya sold milk mixed with water—Earns 100 rupees—Sets out for home—Stops to wash at a tank—Lays the bag down—Monkey takes the bag up a tree—Drops 50 rupees in the tank—Throws down the bag to the man—"You sold half water and half milk: therefore I have thrown half your money into this tank"—Banya goes home a better man.

34.—[The Bull and the Bullfinch]

Told by Pandit Jagannáth Prasád, master of Marári Kalán village school, and recorded by Pandit Madhuban, second master of the same, Unáo district, Oudh.