The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1901-07-04
THE PRINCE AND THE FAKlR
FROM INDIAN FAIR, -els-.

place where four roads u,- -g .ha-
everyone who passed haa - step
over him
At last faklr came a.ua-. a1.. De-
said 70 The king. Man. VIII ..r- vau
lying here
IL replied. .Fakir.utho4s...tayu
have come and passed by yea pass
on. 200.
BUT The fakir said. who - son
man."
The king replied. Il a,u q sing.
fakir. OF goods and gold have nd
lack, but have lived long ana nave
no children. - | have come herr.
and have laid me- down at IN. ross
roads Ny sins and olfru~.- have
been very many. 80 l have umr and
am lying here that men may pass
over me. and perchance my sins may
be forgiven me. and God may l., mer-
ciful. and | may hav~ a son
The fakir answered him ..e. Sing
II YOU have children what VIII YOU
give me-"
Whatever YOU ask, faki: answer
ed the king
The fakir said OF goods and gold
/ l have no lack. but / viii say
prayer for YOU, and YOU vii have
two sons. one OF those NIL be mine.
Then he took out two -weetueate
and said give them 10 your wives.
give them To the wives Won love
best.
The king took the ~weetmeat- and
put them in his bosom.
Then the fakir said, "klng In "a
year | viii return, and OF the two
sons who Will be born To you one is
mine and one is yours.
The king said. Well, I agree.
The fakir went on his way. and the
king came home and gave one sweet
meat to each of his twowiye~. After
some time two sons were born to the
king Then what did the king do
but place, those two sons in an under
ground room, which he had built in
the earth
Some time passed and one lay the
fakir appeared and said, King!
bring me that son of yours,
What did the king do but bring
two slave girls SONS and present
them 10 the fakir While the fakir
was sitting there the king sons were
sitting down below in their cellar
eating their food. Just then a hun
CRY ant had carried away II grain OF
| rice from their food. and was going
along with it 10 her children. Auoth-
er stronger ant came up and attack
I'd her in order 70 get this grain OF
rice. The first ant said:
20. ant, why do You drag this
away from me? ] have long been
lame in my feet. and l have got Just
| one grain and am carrying il 10 my
children. The kings sons are in the
cellar eating their food: You 90 and
fetch a grain from there: why should
you take mine from me-
On this the second ant let 90 and
did not rob the first. but went off TO
where the kings sons were eating
their food
On hearing this the fakir said.
King, these are not your sons; 20
and bring those children who are
eating their food ia the cellar
Then the king went and brought his
own sons. The fakirc chose the eldest
son and took him way. and set OF
with him on his Journey When he
got home hetold the kings son toI
90 out to gather fuel.
50 the kings son went Quito gath
er cOw-dung. and when he had col
lected some he brought il il.
Then the fakir looked At the king
son and put on a great pot and said
Come round here my pupil
But the kings son said Master
first, and then pupil.
The fakir told him once. H. told
him twice. he told him three times,
and each time the kings son answer
ed. Master first, and pupil after
Then the fakir made dash az the
kings son. thinking to catch him
and throw him into the caIdrOn |
There were about a hundred gallons |
Of oil in this caldron. and the fire was
burning beneath il. Then the king
son. lifting the iakir. gave him a
ierk and threw hin into the eaIdrOn.