Twenty-Two Goblins(二十二只小女妖)

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TWENTY-TWO GOBLINS

TWENTY-TWO

GOBLINS

Translated from the Sanskrit by Arthur W. Ryder

Translated from the Sanskrit by Arthur W. RyderTranslated from the Sanskrit by Arthur W. Ryder

Translated from the Sanskrit by Arthur W. Ryder

TWENTY-TWO GOBLINS

CONTENTS

Introduction

Goblin-story

1.The Prince's Elopement. Whose fault was the resulting death of his

parents-in-law?

2.The Three Lovers who brought the Dead Girl to Life. Whose wife

should she be?

3.The Parrot and the Thrush. Which are worse, men or women?

4.King Shudraka and Hero's Family. Which of the five deserves the

most honour?

5.The Brave Man, the Wise Man, and the Clever Man. To which

should the girl be given?

6.The Girl who transposed the Heads of her Husband and Brother.

Which combination of head and body is her husband?

7.The Mutual Services of King Fierce-lion and Prince Good. Which is

the more deserving?

8.The Specialist in Food, the Specialist in Women, and the Specialist

in Cotton. Which is the cleverest?

9.The Four Scientific Suitors. To which should the girl be given?

10. The Three Delicate Wives of King Virtue-banner. Which is the

most delicate?

11. The King who won a Fairy as his Wife. Why did his counsellor's

heart break?

12. The Brahman who died because Poison from a Snake in the Claws

of a Hawk fell into a Dish of Food given him by a Charitable Woman.

Who is to blame for his death?

13. The Girl who showed Great Devotion to the Thief. Did he weep or

laugh?

14. The Man who changed into a Woman at Will. Was his wife his or

the other man's?

15. The Fairy Prince Cloud-chariot and the Serpent Shell-crest. Which

is the more self-sacrificing?

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16. The King who died for Love of his General's Wife; the General

follows him in Death. Which is the more worthy?

17. The Youth who went through the Proper Ceremonies. Why did he

fail to win the magic spell?

18. The Boy whom his Parents, the King, and the Giant conspired to

Kill. Why did he laugh at the moment of death?

19. The Man, his Wife, and her Lover, who all died for Love. Which

was the most foolish?

20. The Four Brothers who brought a Dead Lion to Life. Which is to

blame when he kills them all?

21. The Old Hermit who exchanged his Body for that of the Dead Boy.

Why did he weep and dance?

22. The Father and Son who married Daughter and Mother. What

relation were their children?

Conclusion

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INTRODUCTION

On the bank of the Godavari River is a kingdom called the Abiding

Kingdom. There lived the son of King Victory, the famous King Triple-

victory, mighty as the king of the gods. As this king sat in judgment, a

monk called Patience brought him every day one piece of fruit as an

expression of homage. And the king took it and gave it each day to the

treasurer who stood near. Thus twelve years passed.

Now one day the monk came to court, gave the king a piece of fruit as

usual, and went away. But on this day the king gave the fruit to a pet baby

monkey that had escaped from his keepers, and happened to wander in.

And as the monkey ate the fruit, he split it open, and a priceless,

magnificent gem came out.

When the king saw this, he took it and asked the treasurer: "Where

have you been keeping the fruits which the monk brought? I gave them to

you." When the treasurer heard this, he was frightened and said: "Your

Majesty, I have thrown them all through the window. If your Majesty

desires, I will look for them now." And when the king had dismissed him,

he went, but returned in a moment, and said again: "Your Majesty, they

were all smashed in the treasury, and in them I see heaps of dazzling

gems."

When he heard this, the king was delighted, and gave the jewels to the

treasurer. And when the monk came the next day, he asked him: "Monk,

why do you keep honouring me in such an expensive way? Unless I know

the reason, I will not take your fruit."

Then the monk took the king aside and said: "O hero, there is a

business in which I need help. So I ask for your help in it, because you are

a brave man." And the king promised his assistance.

Then the monk was pleased, and said again: "O King, on the last night

of the waning moon, you must go to the great cemetery at nightfall, and

come to me under the fig-tree." Then the king said "Certainly," and

Patience, the monk, went home well pleased.

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So when the night came, the mighty king remembered his promise to

the monk, and at dusk he wrapped his head in a black veil, took his sword

in his hand, and went to the great cemetery without being seen. When he

got there, he looked about, and saw the monk standing under the fig-tree

and making a magic circle. So he went up and said: "Monk, here I am. Tell

me what I am to do for you."

And when the monk saw the king, he was delighted and said: "O King,

if you wish to do me a favour, go south from here some distance all alone,

and you will see a sissoo tree and a dead body hanging from it. Be so kind

as to bring that here."

When the brave king heard this, he agreed, and, true to his promise,

turned south and started. And as he walked with difficulty along the

cemetery road, he came upon the sissoo tree at some distance, and saw a

body hanging on it. So he climbed the tree, cut the rope, and let it fall to

the ground. And as it fell, it unexpectedly cried aloud, as if alive. Then the

king climbed down, and thinking it was alive, he mercifully rubbed its

limbs. Then the body gave a loud laugh.

So the king knew that a goblin lived in it, and said without fear: "What

are you laughing about? Come, let us be off." But then he did not see the

goblin on the ground any longer. And when he looked up, there he was,

hanging in the tree as before. So the king climbed the tree again, and

carefully carried the body down. A brave man's heart is harder than a

diamond, and nothing makes it tremble.

Then he put the body with the goblin in it on his shoulder, and started

off in silence. And as he walked along, the goblin in the body said: "O

King, to amuse the journey, I will tell you a story. Listen."

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FIRST GOBLIN

The Prince's Elopement. Whose fault was the resulting death of his

parents-in-law?

There is a city called Benares where Shiva lives. It is loved by pious

people like the soil of Mount Kailasa. The river of heaven shines there like

a pearl necklace. And in the city lived a king called Valour who burned up

all his enemies by his valour, as a fire burns a forest. He had a son named

Thunderbolt who broke the pride of the love-god by his beauty, and the

pride of men by his bravery. This prince had a clever friend, the son of a

counsellor.

One day the prince was enjoying himself with his friend hunting, and

went a long distance. And so he came to a great forest. There he saw a

beautiful lake, and being tired, he drank from it with his friend the

counsellor's son, washed his hands and feet, and sat down under a tree on

the bank.

And then he saw a beautiful maiden who had come there with her

servants to bathe. She seemed to fill the lake with the stream of her beauty,

and seemed to make lilies grow there with her eyes, and seemed to shame

the lotuses with a face more lovely than the moon. She captured the

prince's heart the moment that he saw her. And the prince took her eyes

captive.

The girl had a strange feeling when she saw him, but was too modest

to say a word. So she gave a hint of the feeling in her heart. She put a lotus

on her ear, laid a lily on her head after she had made the edge look like a

row of teeth, and placed her hand on her heart. But the prince did not

understand her signs, only the clever counsellor's son understood them all.

A moment later the girl went away, led by her servants. She went

home and sat on the sofa and stayed there. But her thoughts were with the

prince.

The prince went slowly back to his city, and was terribly lonely

without her, and grew thinner every day. Then his friend the son ofthe

counsellor took him aside and told him that she was not hard to find. But

he had lost all courage and said: "My friend, I don't know her name, nor

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her home, nor her family. How can I find her? Why do you vainly try to

comfort me?"

Then the counsellor's son said: "Did you not see all that she hinted

with her signs? When she put the lotus on her ear, she meant that she lived

in the kingdom of a king named Ear-lotus. And when she made the row of

teeth, she meant that she was the daughter of a man named Bite there. And

when she laid the lily on her head, she meant that her name was Lily. And

when she placed her hand on her heart, she meant that she loved you. And

there is a king named Ear-lotus in the Kalinga country. There is a very rich

man there whom the king likes. His real name is Battler, but they call him

Bite. He has a pearl of a girl whom he loves more than his life, and her

name is Lily. This is true, because people told me. So I understood her

signs about her country and the other things." When the counsellor's son

had said this, the prince was delighted to find him so clever, and pleased

because he knew what to do.

Then he formed a plan with the counsellor's son, and started for the

lake again, pretending that he was going to hunt, but really to find the girl

that he loved. On the way he rode like the wind away from his soldiers,

and started for the Kalinga country with the counsellor's son.

When they reached the city of King Ear-lotus, they looked about and

found the house of the man called Bite, and they went to a house near by

to live with an old woman. And the counsellor's son said to the old woman:

"Old woman, do you know anybody named Bite in this city?"

Then the old woman answered him respectfully: "My son, I know him

well. I was his nurse. And I am a servant of his daughter Lily. But I do not

go there now because my dress is stolen. My naughty son is a gambler and

steals my clothes."

Then the counsellor's son was pleased and satisfied her with his own

cloak and other presents. And he said: "Mother, you must do very secretly

what we tell you. Go to Bite's daughter Lily, and tell her that the prince

whom she saw on the bank of the lake is here, and sent you with a love-

message to her."

The old woman was pleased with the gifts and went to Lily at once.

And when she got a chance, she said: "My child, the prince and the

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counsellor's son have come to take you. Tell me what to do now." But the

girl scolded her and struck her cheeks with both hands smeared with

camphor.

The old woman was hurt by this treatment, and came home weeping,

and said to the two men: "My sons, see how she left the marks of her

fingers on my face."

And the prince was hopeless and sad, but the very clever counsellor's

son took him aside and said, "My friend, do not be sad. She was only

keeping the secret when she scolded the old woman, and put ten fingers

white with camphor on her face. She meant that you must wait before

seeing her, for the next ten nights are bright with moonlight."

So the counsellor's son comforted the prince, took a little gold

ornament and sold it in the market, and bought a great dinner for the old

woman. So they two took dinner with the old woman. They did this for ten

days, and then the counsellor's son sent her to Lily again, to find out

something more.

And the old woman was eager for dainty food and drink. So to please

him she went to Lily's house, and then came back and said: "My children,

I went there and stayed with her for some time without speaking. But she

spoke herself of my naughtiness in mentioning you, and struck me again

on the chest with three fingers stained red. So I came back in disgrace."

Then the counsellor's son whispered to the prince: "Don't be alarmed,

my friend. When she left the marks of three red fingers on the old

woman's heart, she meant to say very cleverly that there were three

dangerous days coming." So the counsellor's son comforted the prince.

And when three days were gone, he sent the old woman to Lily again.

And this time she went and was very respectfully entertained, and treated

to wine and other things the whole day. But when she was ready to go

back in the evening, a terrible shouting was heard outside. They heard

people running and crying: "Oh, oh! A mad elephant has escaped from his

stable and is running around and stamping on people."

Then Lily said to the old woman: "Mother, you must not go through

the street now where the elephant is. I will put you in a swing and let you

down with ropes through this great window into the garden. Then you can

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climb into a tree and jump on the wall, and go home by way of another

tree." So she had her servants let the old woman down from the window

into the garden by a rope-swing. And the old woman went home and told

the prince and the counsellor's son all about it.

Then the counsellor's son said to the prince: "My friend, your wishes

are fulfilled. She has been clever enough to show you the road. So you

must follow that same road this very evening to the room of your darling."

So the prince went to the garden with the counsellor's son by the road

that the old woman had shown them. And there he saw the rope-swing

hanging down, and servants above keeping an eye on the road. And when

he got into the swing, the servants at the window pulled at the rope and he

came to his darling. And when he had gone in, the counsellor's son went

back to the old woman's house.

But the prince saw Lily, and her face was beautiful like the full moon,

and the moonlight of her beauty shone forth, like the night when the moon

shines in secret because of the dark. And when she saw him, she threw her

arms around his neck and kissed him. So he married her and stayed hidden

with her for some days.

One day he said to his wife: "My dear, my friend the counsellor's son

came with me, and he is staying all alone at the old woman's house. I must

go and see him, then I will come back."

But Lily was shrewd and said: "My dear, I must ask you something.

Did you understand the signs I made, or was it the counsellor's son?" And

the prince said to her: "My dear, I did not understand them all, but my

friend has wonderful wisdom. He understood everything and told me."

Then the sweet girl thought, and said: "My dear, you did wrong not to tell

me before. Your friend is a real brother to me. I ought to have sent him

some nuts and other nice things at the very first."

Then she let him go, and he went to his friend by night by the same

road, and told all that his wife had said. But the counsellor's son said:

"That is foolish," and did not think much of it. So they spent the night

talking.

Then when the time for the twilight sacrifice came, a friend of Lily's

came there with cooked rice and nuts in her hand. She came and asked the

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counsellor's son about his health and gave him the present. And she

cleverly tried to keep the prince from eating. "Your wife is expecting you

to dinner," she said, and a moment later she went away.

Then the counsellor's son said to the prince: "Look, your Majesty. I

will show you something curious." So he took a little of the cooked rice

and gave it to a dog that was there. And the moment he ate it, the dog died.

And the prince asked the counsellor's son what this strange thing could

mean.

And he replied: "Your Majesty, she knew that I was clever because I

understood her signs, and she wanted to kill me out of love for you. For

she thought the prince would not be all her own while I was alive, but

would leave her for my sake and go back to his own city. So she sent me

poisoned food to eat. But you must not be angry with her. I will think up

some scheme."

Then the prince praised the counsellor's son, and said: "You are truly

the body of wisdom." And then suddenly a great wailing of grief-stricken

people was heard: "Alas! Alas! The king's little son is dead."

When he heard this, the counsellor's son was delighted, and said:

"Your Majesty, go to-night to Lily's house, and make her drink wine until

she loses her senses and seems to be dead. Then as she lies there, make a

mark on her hip with a red-hot fork, steal her jewels, and come back the

old way through the window. After that I will do the right thing."

Then he made a three-pronged fork and gave it to the prince. And the

prince took the crooked, cruel thing, hard as the weapon of Death, and

went by night as before to Lily's house. "A king," he thought, "ought not to

disregard the words of a high- minded counsellor." So when he had

stupefied her with wine, he branded her hip with the fork, stole her jewels,

returned to his friend, and told him everything, showing him the jewels.

Then the counsellor's son felt sure his scheme was successful. He went

to the cemetery in the morning, and disguised himself as a hermit, and the

prince as his pupil. And he said: "Take this pearl necklace from among the

jewels. Go and sell it in the market-place. And if the policemen arrest you,

say this:It was given to me to sell by my teacher.'"

So the prince went to the market-place and stood there offering the

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