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34th. STORY
A merchant in a certain city, had a garden at the back of his
house, in which he cultivated all sorts of vegetables. One day
an ass belonging to a washerman, finding the door open, entered
and began to graze. The merchant’s wife, seeing the damage
done to her favorite shrubs, became greatly enraged, and seiz-
ing a large stick, she struck the ass with such force, that she
broke it’s leg; this being reported to the owner, he came to the
merchant’s wife, who happened at that time to be pregnant,
and after having abused her, he gave her such a kick in the
stomach that he caused a miscarriage. The merchant upon this
preferred a complaint before the Magistrate against the wash-
erman, for having destroyed the son, whom he was anxiously
expecting as a solace and support in his old age. The washer-
man in his defence stated, that by means of the merchant’s wife
he had been deprived of the service of the ass; which carried
the clothes he was daily in the habit of washing. The magi-
strate having reflected for a short time, decided, that the mer-
chant should carry the washerman’s clothes, until the leg of
the ass should be cured; and that the washerman should keep
the merchant’s wife until he could restore her to her husband
in a pregnant state.
നാനാവിധം many kinds. നടുതല a plant, vegetable, s. n. നടു
ന്നു to plant, v. a. പറമ്പ a garden, s. n. പടിവാതിൽ the outer gate,
s. n. തുറക്കുന്നു to be open, v. n. കിടക്കുന്നു to lie down, v. n. കഴുത
an ass, s. m. or f. കെറുന്നു to enter, v. n. ഇഷ്ടമായി with pleasure,
adv. തൈ a young plant, s. n. വടി a stick, s. n. ഒടിക്കുന്നു to break,
v. a. ഗൎഭ്വിണി a pregnant woman, s. f. അസഭ്യം bad language. വ
യറ the belly, s. n. അലസുന്നു to miscarry, v. n. വയസ്സ കാലം
old age, s. n. ആദരവ comfort, s. n. സംരക്ഷണ support, protection,
s. n. പിറക്കുന്നു to be born, v. n. സങ്കട a complaint, s. n. വിരൊ
ധം opposition, s. n. അലക്കുന്നു to wash, v. a. വസ്ത്രം a cloth, s. n.
വെക്കുന്നു to keep, v. a. തീൎപ്പ a decision, s. n.
൩൫ാം കഥ.
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