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If he cannot do this he shall die.

In the morning the Raja's son told the old woman that he intended to marry the princess. A great many Rajas and Rajas' sons have come here to marry her, and her father has had them all killed. He says whoever wishes to marry his daughter must first do whatever he bids him.

If he can, then he shall marry the princess; if he cannot, the king will have him killed. But no one can do the things the king tells him to do; so all the Rajas and Rajas' sons who have tried have been put to death. You will be killed too, if you try. Do go away. The king sent for the prince to the old woman's house, and his servants brought the Raja's son to the king's court-house to the king. There the king gave him eighty pounds of mustard seed, and told him to crush all the oil out of it that day, and bring it next morning to him to the court-house.

If he cannot, then I have him killed. So if you cannot crush all the oil out of this mustard seed, you will die. The prince was very sorry when he heard this. At last he remembered the Ant-Raja, and the moment he did so, the Ant-Raja and his ants came to him. The prince showed him the mustard seed, and said to him, "How can I crush the oil out of all this mustard seed in one day?

And if I do not take the oil to the king to-morrow morning, he will kill me. The prince was very glad when he saw the oil. The next morning he took it to the court-house to the king.

But the king said, "You cannot yet marry my daughter. If you wish to do so, you must first fight with my two demons and kill them. He was afraid to let them loose for fear they would eat up all the people in his country; and he did not know how to kill them. So all the kings and kings' sons who wanted to marry the Princess Labam had to fight with these demons; [14] "for," said the king to himself, "perhaps the demons may be killed, and then I shall be rid of them.

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When he heard of the demons the Raja's son was very sad. How can I do this? I and my wife will fight with them for you. Then the Raja's son took out of his bag two splendid coats.

They were all gold and silver, and covered with pearls and diamonds. These he put on the tigers to make them beautiful, and he took them to the king, and said to him, "May these tigers fight your demons for me? Up in the sky I have a kettle-drum. You must go and beat it. If you cannot do this, I will kill you. The Raja's son thought of his little bed; so he went to the old woman's house and sat on his bed.

I want to go to it. Still, when he came down, the king would not give him his daughter. Then the king showed him the trunk of a tree that was lying near his court-house. It was a very, very thick trunk. He gave the prince a wax hatchet, and said, "To-morrow morning you must cut this trunk in two with this wax hatchet. The Raja's son went back to the old woman's house. He was very sad, and thought that now the Raja would certainly kill him.

My bed helped me to beat his kettle-drum. But now what can I do?

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How can I cut that thick tree-trunk in two with a wax hatchet? At night he went on his bed to see the princess. How can I ever do that? Then she pulled out a hair from her head, and gave it to the prince. The prince next day did exactly as the princess had told him; and the minute the hair that was stretched down the edge of the hatchet-blade touched the tree-trunk it split into two pieces. The king said, "Now you can marry my daughter. All the Rajas and kings of the countries round were asked to come to it, and there were great rejoicings.

After a few days the prince's son said to his wife, "Let us go to my father's country. The prince always kept his bag, bowl, bed, and stick; only, as no one ever came to make war on him, he never needed to use the stick. Now one day he set off to visit his Granny, and was jumping with joy to think of all the good things he should get from her, when who should he meet but a Jackal, who looked at the tender young morsel and said: "Lambikin!

I'll eat YOU! By-and-by he met a Vulture, and the Vulture, looking hungrily at the tender morsel before him, said: "Lambikin! And by-and-by he met a Tiger, and then a Wolf, and a Dog, and an Eagle, and all these, when they saw the tender little morsel, said: "Lambikin! At last he reached his Granny's house, and said, all in a great hurry, "Granny, dear, I've promised to get very fat; so, as people ought to keep their promises, please put me into the corn-bin at once.

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So his Granny said he was a good boy, and put him into the corn-bin, and there the greedy little Lambikin stayed for seven days, and ate, and ate, and ate, until he could scarcely waddle, and his Granny said he was fat enough for anything, and must go home. But cunning little Lambikin said that would never do, for some animal would be sure to eat him on the way back, he was so plump and tender.

So his Granny made a nice little drumikin out of his brother's skin, with the wool inside, and Lambikin curled himself up snug and warm in the middle, and trundled away gaily. Soon he met with the Eagle, who called out:. At last the Jackal came limping along, for all his sorry looks as sharp as a needle, and he too called out—. But he never got any further, for the Jackal recognised his voice at once, and cried: "Hullo! Just you come out of that! They were all good girls; but the youngest, named Balna, was more clever than the rest.

The Raja's wife died when they were quite little children, so these seven poor Princesses were left with no mother to take care of them. The Raja's daughters took it by turns to cook their father's dinner every day, whilst he was absent deliberating with his Ministers on the affairs of the nation. About this time the Prudhan died, leaving a widow and one daughter; and every day, every day, when the seven [22] Princesses were preparing their father's dinner, the Prudhan's widow and daughter would come and beg for a little fire from the hearth.

Then Balna used to say to her sisters, "Send that woman away; send her away.

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Let her get the fire at her own house. What does she want with ours? If we allow her to come here, we shall suffer for it some day. But the other sisters would answer, "Be quiet, Balna; why must you always be quarrelling with this poor woman? Let her take some fire if she likes. Now the Raja was very fond of his daughters. Ever since their mother's death they had cooked his dinner with their own hands, in order to avoid the danger of his being poisoned by his enemies.