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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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them, and whenher own child was born, she gave to her sisters theseportions of their own children, so they were satisfiedand asked no questions. Her child was easy to hide,as it was never known to cry. For seven days themother nursed her baby, and she was fed by twelvesparrows, each sparrow bringing three times a dayseven ears of paddy. On the seventh day came holymen, and they touched the child with magic wands,and at once he became a tall and beautiful youth, whoappeared to be about fifteen years of age. The childwas really an embryo Buddha, so all creaturesreverenced him. Sakya, the king of the spirits, also came, and gavehim a magic mak-nim,^ cut out of sambher horn.For this reason when he went to the village andplayed against the other village boys he always won,until he had taken all their beans. The other boystried to buy them again; at first he refused to sell, butafterwards he bargained in this way. He said thathe would give back all the beans if the boys brought * 3ee p. 6i.
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I i THE STORY OF TWELVE SISTERS 233 him twelve portions of rice, twelve of curry, andtwelve gourds full of water. This strange request came to the ears of the King,who had heard of the cleverness and beauty of thelad, also that he would take no money, and as thedemand had been for twelve portions of rice, twelveof curry, and twelve gourds of water, he began toremember with kindness his twelve wives, and orderedthat the youth should be brought to the palace. Theboy came, and he played against the King, and againsthis Ministers, and as he always played with his magicbean, he always won. He would, however, take nomoney, ^ but made the same request for twelve portionsof rice, twelve of curry, and twelve gourds of water.These were given to him every day, and he carriedthem to his mother and to her sisters. The King grewso fond of the lad that he dressed him in beautifulclothes, gave him the title of Prince, and kept him inthe palace. Now when the ogress Queen heard of the clevernessof the

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