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

Note 2 — The Boy who went to learn the Sciences

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The boy having set off from there, at the time when he was going along, in the King’s garden were the King and Queen. The King was walking and walking in the garden. The Queen, sewing and sewing a shawl,2 was [sitting] in the shade under a tree. Having seen that this very boy is going, the Queen, calling the boy, asked, “Where are you going?”

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