The Folk Tales From Kannauj by C Ram

Author:C Ram
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Book rivers
Published: 2023-08-25T00:00:00+00:00

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TheSevenBrothers

nce upon a time, there lived seven brothers in a village. They all were slightly mentally handicappedbutwerequitesentimentaland

deeply loved each other. Generally, they were calledclowns by the young villagers. Sometimes, their actions amusedthevillagers.Thevillagersusedtoemploythemfor petty jobs in return of meeting their daily needs of foodand shelter. Their habits, behaviour and nature were unpredictable. At times, they used to cause minor losses to the villagers. Still, the villagers were bearing them because of their simplicity, honesty and innocence. However, a few young villagers often teased them for the sake of fun. Sometimes,theyused toabusethesevenbrothers.Because of this reason, the seven brothers were feeling uncomfortable in the village. Therefore, they wanted to leave the village. However, most of the villagers, including theoldmenneverwantedthattheyshouldleavethevillage, in addition, they were the cheapest source of labour available at their doorsteps. The village teacher and doctor were trying to improve their understanding and health.

The villagers were very much attached with the brothers, this fact was well known to them and so they were scared of being seenbythevillagerswhileleavingthe

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village. Therefore, they decided to leave the village at the late midnight to avoid being seen by the villagers. They thought that late midnight would be the best suited time as the villagers would be in deep sleep.

So, as decided by the seven brothers at late midnight, they walked out slowly one by one, hiding from the villagers. They got together at a pre-decided place and safely proceeded to their onward journey. No villager was able to see them moving out. After covering a sufficient distance, they found a river valley. Due to summer, theriver was flowing in scattered streams with a few parallel sand strips in between. The depth of flowing water was hardlykneetowaistdeep.Ithadonlywhitesandonitsbed. So, it was shining due to it being a full Moon night which really looked to them as if water was flowing in whole of the river. They felt unsafe in swimming across the river. Therefore, before going into the river, they decided to hold each other’s hands tightly to prevent them from drowningorbeingswept awayin theriver. It was already morningby the time they crossed the river.

Sooner they came out, the brothers wanted toconfirmas to whether all of the seven brothers hadcrossed the river or not? So what they did was they allstood in a line, and one came out of the line to count the number of brothers. He counted one, two, three, four, five and six but did not count himself. The brothers were shocked at the loss of one brother. They were very sad. He again repeated the count in the same manner and counted only six. To confirmthe correctness of the counting, the onewhohadcountedearlier,wentbackinthelineandthe

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other one came out of the line to recount. He recounted the numbers in the similar way in that,s he too did not counthimself and the result of the count was six. After their confirmative count of six, it was absolutely clear to them that they had lost one of their brothers. They all started cryingandweepingoverthelossoftheironebrotherin theriver.Thisactoftheirwrongcountingwasbeingkeenly watched by a passing-by Landlord sitting on his horse.

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