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Indian Fairy Tales: The Prince and the Fakir

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HERE was once upon a time a King who had no children. Now this King went and laid him down to rest at a place where four roads met, so that every one who passed had to step over him. At last a Fakir came along, and he said to the King, "Man, why are you lying here?" He replied, "Fakir, a thousand men have come and passed by; you pass on too." But the Fakir said, "Who are you, man?" The King replied, "I am a King, Fakir.

Indian Fairy Tales: The Prince and the Fakir

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