The legends of the Panjâb

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PRINCESS 'adhik anup da!. 235
The gardener saw it and grieved, but the parrots flew
not away.
Grieving the gardener goes to the Princess :
SO " Thousands of parrots. Princess, have come into thy
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garden.
What fruit there was, they have eaten it all, and spoilt
the unripe fruit."
Hearing this the Princess was agitated and sent for
snarers.
" Catch the parrots and bring them to me."
Hearing this the snarers came to the Princess.
" Take your nets and cast them round the garden.
Kill all the parrots and bring them to me.''
Hearing this said Sawan,* " Parrots, hear my words:
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Friends, fly you away now, you have nothing (more) to
do."
All the parrots flew away and he remained alone.
60 Soeing the snarers he went into a lizard's hole.
The snarers saw (the garden) and came and told the
Princess :
" Parrots there were, but all have flown, none have
fallen into our hands."
Hearing this the Princess said, " Gardener, hear my
words :
Parrots there were, where have they gone you came to
me."
65 (Said the gardener). " Come into the garden and seej
come with me."
Hearing this the Princess went into the nine lakh-\
garden
Looked through all the garden : found not a single
parrot.
The Princess was vexed with the gardener, " Why have
you told me a lie "
* The name of RasaM's parrot.
t Worth nine Wclis of rupees : conventional expression for v^orth
a great deal