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Village Folk-Tales of Ceylon, Volume 1 (of 3)

Note 4 — The Female Quail

H. (Henry) Parker translation

So the bird went to the Hunchback, and said, “The water is insufficient for cooking the rice. It only says ‘Kuja tapa tapa, kuja tapa tapa.’4 Bring water, O Hunchback.”

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