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Step-mother and step-children, who generally hate one another. Also cited concerning an old servant and his master. Both have got to dislike one another, but each does not like to give the other *' notice to leave." Gdwih chhuh wonamut haiih Tdni ditam tah latih hini dimai. The cow said, *' Give to niie by the throat {i.e., feed me) and 1 will give to you by the tail" {i.e., I will supply you with milk, ghi, and butter). Feed a servant or an animal well and they will servo you well. Ger chhui dmut. You have got very earnest (about this work). 69 There was a lazy woman, who never cared to spin or to do any work. Her hnsband spoke to her about her laziness. She replied, •* Ah ! let me alone now. The time is coming, when I shall be so fond of work, that I shall get through any quantity in no time." One day they were going to Tnlamula, and as they were starting, the wife said to her husband, " I should like to do some work. Got mo a spinning wheel." The husband said the aboYo words, but he could not at that time obtain a wheel. Qhoahah tah gyav Ichyom hrurih, I would sing but the cat has eaten my gh(. Circumstances are so that a person ia afraid to epeak or to act for himself. UindustAnf. — Kahun, md mar jde ; Na kahun, hip HIU khSt, Gil tih cM^h dunye Mhchhun, Gil also wauts some rice. Envy. Oil is a Muhammedan woman's name. G(yv mar bozan sAri tah dundah m^r nah boz/tn Icanh, Strike a cow and everyone will exclaim, (** what a shame io strike the cow which supplies you with milk!"); but strike an ox and nobody will say a word. The cow hero represents the groat man and the ox the poor man. Gov ztiv wuUh aui mSh ffutjh. The cow bore a calf, which I should have (and will have). Where there's a will there's a way. Grist sund hakhur hyuh. Like a farmer's young untrained ox. A useless fellow. Grtistu agar auliy/t hushad Uilc-i-huriy/i nest. If the ploughman becomes a ** lord," yet he ia not then even fit to lit upon the matting. A Persian proverb with only the first word altered. Persians say Dihkdn agar, Sfc, Grustu zih hustu. The husbandman is like an elephant (i.e,, a strong, big clumsy fellow), 70 Gudah druv Jum Bat dum dumah het ; patah druyas Roskan benih poshih mulah het. First came out Jum Bat, bringing a drum ; afterwards came out Roshan, his sister, bearing a garland of flowers. From horses to asses. Jum Bat was formerly a well-to-do oflSicer in H. H. the Maharajah's Court. He became very poor and was obliged to do the mean work of a town-crier. His sister, too, equally humbled herself by going about the city selling garlands of flowers. Gudah lorih-han tah patah horih-han. First (he asks for) your walking-stick and then (he wants) your pet daughter. Hindustani. — JJngli pakarte pahunchd paharnd. Boti deke bakrd lend. Gudanich Jculai chhai Mi tai zii ; Ihiyim hulai chhai ff art h garih drii ; Treyim Icidai UaUn sumah tah kadal ; Tsurimih badal lagih nah hanh, A first wife is as jasmine and income ; The second wife swears hourly by your name ; The third wife cuts bridges, great and small ; The fourth wife — there is no one like her for all manner of wickedness ; she is a hopeless character. ** Swears hourly by your name" means she makes great profes- sion of love for you. Kashmiris frequently swear by the person or thing they most love. " Cuts bridges" is said of mischievous and extravagant wives, who altogether hinder their husbands from crossing over to the other Bide, where prosperity and peace are to be had. The reader will please remember that Kashmir is a valley full of rivers and streams. Gudanich Jculai chhai rani matsui ; Duyim Jculai chhai totih Jcehtshah ; Treyim Jcidai chhai iolih maJcaUui ; The first wife goes mad over her husband ; The second wife — there's something good in her ; The third wife is as an axe to the head. GudanuJc soda gaUhih nah rowarun. One must not lose the first offer (lit., trade). Kashmiri traders, like those of some European countries, are very superstitious about refusing the offer of the day's first customer. They will frequently rather lose than allow him to • depart without purchasing something. 71 Guh grailah-hal. Manure by the mill-house. Cited against a man who after promotion is reduced to his former rank. Guh zfinik tah bilchik. The dung will know and the spade (but I am Dot the person to have to do with, or to know anything about, such a mean affair as that). GuhaH ffupan nun kh^wmy garih gupan mm l^w^m. Jungle cattle eat salt while the home cattle lick the wall. Charity should begin at home. Gur bailih son^ di'mah kh^yih ckon. Our horse will grow big and will eat your grain. Cited when a wife's relations keep her ratiier a long time; also when a friend borrowM a horse or anything, and is not particular as to when he returns it. Gur rhhuh nah hhl^wun p^tj ; yltlih ohhas buchih lagAn., tilth chhuh kh^iffhu mitj. The horse does not eat the bulrush, but at the time of hunger he will eat earth. Gur dapiyi'i^ kih my on dud chhuh ijtok f Will the milkman say that his milk is sour ? Uiudustdnl. — A-pni cfuichh ko khattd koi nahin hahtd. Gur garth tah nakh'.sas mul pariijun. Leaving the horse in the house and goiug to ask the nakhfa its price. Wishing to sell the goods without first showing them. ValthAs is the officer appointed over the sale of all horses in the valley. No person can soli a horse without first arranging the price with this officer and paying him one ^iii in the rupee. Gur jun Sum jon, yi'd jun, ch''t jnnt hndam nai. The horse is a good one ; the hoofs are strong, the mane is nice, the whole appearance is beautiful ; but the step is bad. A man with one glaring fault. Gur kawah zunih kur haharit ? How will the milkman know how to marry his daughter? {i.e., outside his own class of people). " Like blood, like gootls, and like agesi Make the happiest mamages." 72 Gur Icyahpahiheh sird chhuh palcan. The horse does not walk, but the secret walks. People generaly take a man for what he seems to be, and not for what he is. It is not the real man they see walking but his dis- guise, his secret. " For man is practised in disguise, He cheats the most discerning eyes." Gay's Fables. Gur zanunaJi., tah shamsher,, yim irenawai chliih he-wafd, A horse, a wife, and a sword, these three are unfaithful. Persian. — Asp o zam o shamsher wafddar na hdshad, Guras guv ball toshun bat as guv "khet roshdn. The cow-herd's cow, whether she gets a good meal or not, is a comfort to him ; but the Pandit's cow eats and is angry. What is the good of keeping a beast for mere show ? Guri chhuh dupamut ^^ Khasawunis hharaty wasawunis wdltam." The horse said " I will help you to mount the ascent, but you lead me down the hill." Guri garih chhud wuUh rdwnn ? Does any harm happen to the calf in the milkman's house ? A servant of a good master ; a son of a good and clever father. Guri garih wafshi hur buhih wahari dun. The calf lowed after twelve years in the milkman's house. A little child sometimes speaks after a long silence. After many years of barrenness sometimes a woman gives birth to a child. Guri wokawah chhud widjh mardn? Does the calf die by reason of the milkman's curse ? A child's reply to a parent's hard threats and words. Gurih hhasit tih bethchod tah gurih wasit tih bethchod. Whether on horseback or on foot he is a scamp. Do what you will somebody will speak evil of you. You cannot please everyone. The Kashmiris have a story similar to our school-book story of the '*01d man and his donkey." A very wicked Kashmiri owned a pony. One day he was riding upon the animal, while his daughter was walking on in front. The passers-by on seeing this cried out, " What a shame ! What a lazy, cruel man !" The man felt a little asTiamed of his thoughtlessness, and calling his daughter took her up with him on the pony. Thus 73 they proceeded for some distance, when other people met them and exclaimed, " Rather a big load for a small pony"; whereupon the man and his daughter both got off and led the pony along by a string for the rest of the journey. Gurih sawuri tah khurackih atah-gat. To the mare riding, to the foal trouble. Going to work a man calls after his mate to come along as well. The latter replies as above, " What is the good ? I should only be like the foal running after its mother.