Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1892-07-01
TIE SEVEN >IaPLrrONs.

THE SEWN SIHPLErONs.
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A TALE o. THE HiLLs o. INDIA.
One Of Dtukha'A favorite tDrles IL
tho following ingenious legeni!
Once uu0n tiniu seven simplctons
were going along road. Aud, be-
hold, they came tOal' ui1le Of rain
water which lay still aul bright uu1ur
the sky. AMI, looking into the put'
lie, they could see the clouds hay'cd
far below and wisely concluded that
the puddle was very deep. Wnoruai,
they were much puzzled a. 20 how
they should get actua.. Hat thc cId 81
rlup,olou, who was ihr b0liest o. the
party, said, "Irt us make string,
each holding dhuii Of the man Ia trout
Of him, anu { rOing fret. Aui ! viii
leap o. lar NJ | can. 1ud DO you olher'
follow me- :, they all leapcd to-
uether into the mil ie Hui got safely
arriss, not, however, Without, being
covered with mud from head 10 foot.
When thCy were safely on the other
side Il suddenly 0ccut.ei to the clics'
slmpleton tina, unn NJ their number
was missing, eyidsntly being rtown ri
Ia the puddle. SO he cUun'ci, Oucr,
twice, thrice. But ashe lot himself
out each tlme the result each time was
that there Wetu only Elk simplrtln4.
So he bid each count In turn, aud g.
each counted after the fashion NJ tho
eldest HlmpletUn, each found that the
number was Xxx. AM yc. they could
not for the lite Of them, make out who
was missing. Aud thuy were muol
dismhy.d aud pUp'cNcd.
At this iunctu,e there csme 10 them
Awise man, aud 10 him they told
their doubts and officially. Anu, look
lux at their simult faces aud the shat.
low puddle wherein they hal nuiGl 81
themselves, he saw his way 20 prof.
by their iODlishutss. So with an mir
Of much urhanity hu promised TO ru.
stoTt the mus ng lmplotyL " all 49,.
yonwOuld agree iowOTk for him year
aud day Without payment. 10
which they gladly consented. On
this, the wise man taking botol nut,
cut II D. Huven pieces and bid thr
simpletons count tho piece, which
they DID and, bshOli, they were seven.
Then to each mau be- ggvu a piece ard
asked. GLOW can ye be six, when to
each have given bitel ami there were
seven pieces oi bstol," Wherest lhelr
mi DIS were much believed, and they
began to toll with aud work Tor the
wise man.
Now tho labor o. simplc,ous is a
trial TO wlaO men, hnl ~ the event
proved In this cas-. Tic ilTst task
they performed was the harvesting OF
the winter rice. 1luy rcaped aud
bound and brought tie sleaves home,
aud asked the wise han where they
should put them. But the wise man
was occupied with III own thoughts,
aud said; TASK my did woman anu
nut them where she ays.n So they
ont TO the old wOmal and asked her.
But The old woman wa busy cooking
her husbands dinner. 10 sho cried:
"DgaL you and YOU sheaye,l Put
them on my head" Which without
any hesitation they al did, 81 that
the dinntf was spoile, anu the old
woman died, being am,thered by the
paddy. And when no wise man
came In hungry aud sske1 ior his wife
the simplutona told Inn what had
happened. Aud when be was veXed
they asked him with simple faces why
he was sugsy with thon TOT obeying
urderg.
Then tho wise mlt, seeing no
remedy, bid them go anu bury Che old
Woman. So they made u sic igp u
bamb0os, and putting the old woman
on II, started OH like thevlnl, 40 M to
get home the quicker 10 upper. Hut
they went so fast through ,he bamboo
grove that the Old woman was swon
OF the sedge by q bOmuOb spike. But
this they did not perceive, for ns soon
as they got to the place their one
thought was to get n grave dug as fast
~ possible. To this work, according.
~, thoy adress,d thoms'lys. And
when the grave was ready bDhold the
old woman was gOno, Ana they said:
"Ihis sa very wicked old woman. Her
husband orders her to be buried, and,
look, she IL not dead At all, lit has run
away. What are we to do now" So
they looked about them,
Now there was another cd woman
herding cattle close ~, ami seeing
That they could not 10 hOmu 70 supper
without Obeying orders and buryiug
an old wOmnr, they buried her IN suite
" her screams aud struggle. AMI
lheu they came home amt tUluthr wise
man what they had done.
The next day the wise man bid the
'sven simplcions 30 aud plog above