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'jSjitimlaijBit ij,imta

June 19, 1955

lousy, conspired with the
trader to kill Lbadar.
They gave him poisoned
food, for he would drink
no' wine.

The next morning,
while on the road, the
poison began to lake effect,
causing Lhadar to fall
from his horse, and wri-
the in agony on the ground.
As he could go no further,
he asked the trader, who.
would not wait for him,
to leave him a horse and
some food, and to carry
a message to his wife
about his sickneBS, and
impending death. Lhadar,
as he was dy nip, was
worried by wolves and
foxes, and no sooner bad
the last breath passed
from his lungs, than these
wild animals devoured
him, having no trace.

When Don-Ma-Kyi-
Mo heard the news of
ber husband s death from
the trader, she fainted
away, nor did she reoo-
ver consciousness for many
hours The trader and
the old hag Don-Jhom-Bu-
Thi from this time gave
the girl no peace, and
very soon afterwards she
was forced to marry her
husband's murderer.
The Story of the Two
Princes
Odco upon a time,
in the great oity of Hor,
there ruled a king, whose
queen died in giving birth
to a son. This prince

grew up and thrived, but,
when he was about five
years old, the ministers
of the country persuaded
his father to marry again,
selecting as his bride the
daughter of one of their
number. She was made
the queen, and in due
course gave birth to a
baby boy. When this
second prince was four
years old, hp was allowed
to play with his elder
half-brother, and the two
boys became, in the course
of years, the closest of
friends. One day in the
palace, the queen over-
heard an argument bet-
ween some courtiers as
to which prince would
succeed the king as ruler
of the'realm. The deba-
ters eventually decided
that the elder boy would
be the next king, while
the younger would become
the chief minister. This
caused the queen a con-
siderable amonnt of heart-
burning, due to jealouBy.
A little later, while out
walking, she came across
the two princes playing:
The elder was acting the
part of a king, seated on
a mound of earth for a
throne, while the younger
was serving him as a
minister. 1 he queen broo-
ded over this, and came
to the conclusion that,
if the elder prince conti-
nued to live, her own son
would never come to the
throne.

So she planned to do
away with him. Feigning
illness she took to her
bed, and, despite all the
attentions of the court
physioians, she made no
progress towards health.
Her husband was very
worried about her, and
asked what be could do
to make her well. He
promised to do anything
she. required. "There is a
remedy," she told him,
'•but I do not think you
will give it in me ! " Ag
ain the king reiterated his
promise to give her any-
thing she wanted, and, af-
ter some persuasion, she
told him what she required.
"The only medicine," she
asserted, " that will make
me well, is the heart of
your eldest child, which I
must eat. "' The king was
aghast at this, and at last
realised that jealousy was
at the bottom of h s con-
sort's trouble. Despite his
oath, moreover, he refused
to slay his own child, and
contented himself with ba-
nishing him from the king-
dom, With which-he queen
had perforce to be content.

And so, having been
given a horse, some food
for the journey and robes,
thes elder prince was sent
out of the country. His
half-brother, realising what
was afoot, also slipped out
of the palace, and went
with him, for he worshipped
the elder boy. The two
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