The Stupid Peasant V

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The Stupid Peasant V[0]

It was in the month of October, when a man from the villages came to the city to sell his cotton. It was his first visit. As he walked through the bázár he noticed the goldsmiths constantly putting gold ornaments into the fire, and then selling them directly afterwards. Thought he, “There must be some trick in this. I will do the same. Why should I wander all over the place to sell my cotton when I can thus command purchasers?” So he went to a blacksmith’s shop and threw his basket of cotton into the furnace, and then waited. Of course the cotton was destroyed[1].

[0] Narrator’s name, Pandit Lál Chand of Khunamuh. ↑

[1] Customers nearly always oblige the goldsmith to test the metal in the fire and on the touchstone. There is a Kashmiri proverb, “Gold is known bursts on the stone, whether it is alloyed or pure.” ↑

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