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

Note 1 — The Stupid Boy

H. (Henry) Parker translation

In a certain country there are a Gamarāla and a Washerman.1 Those two persons cut a chena. As they were cutting the chena a jungle-cock crowed. The Gamarāla said to the Washerman, “Please catch that crowing jungle-cock, and come back.”

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