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

Note 10 — The Rākshasa-eating Prākshasa1

H. (Henry) Parker translation

The Tom-tom Beater taking the pair of elephant tusks, they went to the Rākshasa’s house. When they went, the Rākshasa having gone for human flesh food, only the Gamarāla’s daughter was [there]. The girl quickly having given food to the two persons, the Gamarāla’s daughter told them to go to the upper story floor.10 Afterwards the Gamarāla and the Tom-tom Beater went to the upper story floor.

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