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the queen along with the child and the maid-servant.
The King asked:
"Queen! Will you become an exception to a mother's love? How is it that your heart to-day is harder than the thunderbolt ?"
The queen narrated in brief the dream and all that followed. The King said:
"My dearest! If evil is destined to happen, who can change it? It is bound to happen. By killing this child even, you can not prevent the evil happening. It is a mere foolishness to challenge the writings of Destiny. It is cowardice kill an innocent child in order to escape from the evil days.
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Your excellency! What will this son do when he is matured? At the most, he will kill me for getting the throne. But if I myself hand over to him this
