42.—[The Wound and the Scar]
Told by Shaikh Faríd Ahmad, and recorded by the teacher of
the village school, Barhauli, district Bahraich, Oudh.
No change, except the Wound is dealt by the Woodman's axe, at the command of the Lion, when first he visits him after the sickness. The verses are—
Samman dhaga prem ka jin toryo chatkay
Jore se na jurat hai, aut ganth par jay.
43.—[The Cat and the Parrot]
Told by Biseshar Dayál, Banya (or corn-chandler), of Bindki, district Fatehpur, N.W.P., and recorded by Pandit Baldeo Prasád, teacher of the Tahsili school, Bindki.
No change, except the Parrot says, "I am sitting on the branch of a mango-tree and getting a bill made." Number of cakes not given. And after meeting the Raja, the Cat meets (1) four young of the wild cow (Surahgáya), which she eats, and (2) a pair of Surahgáya, which fall upon her, and tear her stomach open, when all those she has eaten troop out.
Here, as in other tales of this collection, the Parson is the Guru or spiritual adviser of pious Hindus.
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