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MAHABAL MALAYASUNDARI
Next morning when the king was getting ready for his court, a maid came runningMaharaj !
no Something has happened to the queen?
The king at once went to the queen's chamber. Champakmala was lying unconscious. The king shook her
Queen ! What happened ? Get up... open your
eyes.
But the queen did not respond.
In the mean time the state doctor came. After checking queen's pulse he waved and said sadly -
boooo
boood
Sire! Nothing is left.
Cou
Is the queen dead ? Now what is left for me to
be alive. The king wept like kids. Ministers, priests and others consoled the king.
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By evening a funeral pyre was arranged for the queen and her hearse was brought on the river-bank. The body was placed on the pyre made of sandal-wood. Just then the king saw a box floating on the river. He said
Hey ! See what is in the
box ?
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