father's house in
Copper City, filled with love for Love-cluster. When he came to his
father-in-law's house and saw the business, he was blinded by tears and
went thoughtfully into the garden. There he saw his wife dead in
another man's arms, and his body was scorched by flames of grief, and
he died immediately.

Then the whole household shouted and screamed so that all the citizens
heard the story and came there. The demi-gods themselves were filled
with pity and prayed to the goddess Gauri whose image had been set up
there before by Love-cluster's father: "Oh, Mother, the merchant who
set up this statue was always devoted to you. Show mercy to him in his
affliction."

And the gracious goddess heard their prayer. She said: "All three shall
live again, and shall forget their love." Then through her grace they
all arose like people waking from sleep. They were alive, and their
love was gone. While all the people there rejoiced at what had
happened. Lotus-lake went home, bending his head in shame. And the
merchant took his shamefaced daughter and her husband and went into the
house and made a feast.

When the goblin had told this story on the road in the night, he said:
"O King, which was the most foolish among those who died for love? If
you know and do not tell, you must remember the curse I spoke of
before."

Then the king answered: "O magic creature, Jewel-guard was the most
foolish of them. When he saw that his wife had died for love of another
man, he should have been angry. Instead, he was loving, and died of
grief."

Then the goblin slipped from the king's shoulder and quickly set out
for his home. And the king ran after him again, eager as before.

TWENTIETH GOBLIN

_The Four Brothers who brought a Dead Lion to Life. Which is to blame
when he kills them all?_

Then the king went back to the sissoo tree, took the goblin, put him on
his shoulder, and started for the place he wished to reach. And as he
walked along the road, the goblin began to talk again: "Bravo, King!
You are a remarkable character. So I will tell you another story, and a
strange one. Listen."

There is a city called Flower-city. There lived a king named
Earth-boar. In his kingdom was a farm where a Brahman lived whose name
was Vishnuswami. His wife was named Swaha. And four sons were born to
them.

After a time the father died, and the relatives took all the money. So
the four brothers consulted together: "There is nothing