The book Tales of the Sun; Or, Folklore of Southern Indian was written by author Georgiana Wolff Kingscote Here you can read free online of Tales of the Sun; Or, Folklore of Southern Indian book, rate and share your impressions in comments. If you don't know what to write, just answer the question: Why is Tales of the Sun; Or, Folklore of Southern Indian a good or bad book?
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But how had the old priest died by eating of it ? It was by a mere accident. One day a huge serpent was sleeping on a branch of the mango-tree, and its head hung over one of the fruit ; poison dropped from its mouth and fell on the rind of that fruit ; the gardener, who had no knowledge of this, when asked to bring a fruit for the priest, happened to bring the one on which the poison had fallen, and the priest having eaten it, died. And now the king caused proclamation to be made throughout his... kingdom that all who pleased might come and partake of the mango-fruit, and everyone ate of it and became young. But king Chakaraditya's heart burnt within him at the re- membrance of his ill-treatment of tlie poor Brahman, who had returned with his wife from Banaras. So Story of the Wonderful Mango Fruit. 177 he sent for him, explained his mistake, and gave him a fruit to eat, which, having tasted, the aged Brahman became young and his eye was also restored to him. But the greatest loss of all, that of the parrot who brought the fruit from beyond the seven oceans, remained irreparable.
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