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Village Folk-Tales of Ceylon, Volume 2 (of 3)

Note 1 — A Girl and a Step-mother

H. (Henry) Parker translation

At the time when the girl was arriving there, the Seven-mouthed Prince had not come back since he went1 to eat human flesh. This girl having hastened, having cooked seven quarts of rice and seven curries, and covered those things and placed [them ready], remained hidden when the Seven-mouthed Prince was coming.

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