The legends of the Panjâb

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Then the hedgehog made himself known to the
serpent by
taking the scorpion by the legs and turning him upside down.
"Who are you" said the serpent, "what kind of animal
are you V
"lama hedgehog," said the hedgehog, taking the scorpion's
legs into his mouth. This made the scorpion cry out " hrdn
hrdn ! " again, and he said to the serpent,
" my friend, don't bother him any more."
Ldwd ghul men jhdh, huljhdhdn dd Sarddr :
" KaMr mdriin iihe, TaVi/r piehJie jde.
Talir warsi ghar wieh, desdnjhoTce j)de.
Kadi tdn dusi hahr, lailce aisdh mukde."
Cried out the hedgehog, being chief of all the hedgehogs
" I will kill KalJr here and afterwards Talir.
Talir will enter his hole and I will burn him out.
Soon he will come out and I will take and finish him."
Then Talir the serpent called out,
" Friend hedgehog, let go my friend, and I will suck the
poison out of the E^jl."
" Very well " said the hedgehog, " you suck out the poison,
while I feed your friend with fruit in the garden."
" Then please take him away quickly, " said Talir the serpent.
So the hedgehog began dragging the scorpion through the
thorns, and weiit on so long that the scorpion died. Meanwhile
the serpent sucked the poison out of Eaja Easald, and when
the Eaja came to himself the hedgehog told him to kill the
serpent, and the Eajei did so.
While all this was going on the day passed, and it became
evening, and the Eaja went towards the city with the
intention of playing chaupur with Eaja Sarkap, and on the way
he met a cat, which was roaming about some potters' kilns,
and the Raja asked her what made her wander about the kilns
like this, and she said,
" My kittens are in a pot which has been put to bake in these
kilns by the potters, and that is why I am wandering about."
Then Eaja Easalfi asked the potter how much he wanted for
the pots in his kiln.