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Title: Shans at home. With two chapters on Shan history and literature
Year: 1910 (1910s)
Authors: Milne, Leslie, Mrs., 1860-1952 Cochrane, Wilbur Willis
Subjects: Shan (Asian people)
Publisher: London : John Murray
Contributing Library: University of British Columbia Library
Digitizing Sponsor: University of British Columbia Library

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m-san-ta being still very angry, struck thefairy so many hard blows with the pole that she felldown from the tree and died. Mai-pom-san-ta tookthe beautiful clothes of the dead fairy, then hid herbody in a hole. She also hid her own old clothes,dressing herself in the garments of the young fairygirl, then she climbed into the branches of the tree. After some time the Prince returned, riding on anelephant; he looked up, and saw Mai-pom-san-tasitting in the tree. He said : How can it be ? How is it ? The womanup there is not in the least like my beautiful little girl,whom I placed in the tree ! Mai-pom-san-ta looked down, and said: I amreally myself, but we, who are fairies, cannot standthe heat of the sun, besides, as you were long inreturning to me, my tears fell, and they have dis-figured my face. When I am in the shade and coolnessof the palace my face will soon be beautiful again. The Prince saw that the clothes which Mai-pom-san-ta wore were the same as those in which the young II
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THE STORY OF A FAIRY AND A PRINCE 279 girl had been dressed, so he was obliged to believeher words. He helped her to descend from the tree,and lifting her on the elephant brought her to hisfather the King, and they were married. At this time a great and lovely lotus-flower grew ina pool of water. An old gardener and his wife wentout one day to collect flowers for the market, and theysaw and took the beautiful flower. They did not sellit, but brought it home and placed it in a vase of freshwater. One morning the old gardener and his wife went tomarket, and when they returned they found thatduring their absence some one had swept the houseand had prepared their midday meal of rice and curry.They were very much surprised, and went to thehouses of their neighbours, asking : Who came toour house and cooked rice and curry for us ? The neighbours had seen no one and could tell themnothing. The old couple returned home, and eatingthe food that had been prepared, found that it tastedvery good

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