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

Note 1 — The Lad who Sang Songs

H. (Henry) Parker translation

At that time the men of the ferry-boat near there were laying nets. This man having gone was entangled (lit., tied) in the nets. Then the ferry-boat men drew out the nets. When they looked a man was entangled in a net. Then, taking the man ashore they laid him on his face, and while they were pressing on his belly with the feet, without the man’s life going he breathed.1 Then without having caused hurt to this man when they were treading on his belly for the water to go, the man became conscious.

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