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The king was at a loss to find words in reply. He was all praises s for Rohak's cleverness.
7. The Elephant-After this the king one day sent an old
elephant, who was about to die, to the village of acrobats. He also 5 sent instructions that the villagers should take proper care of the Si elephant and report about it's well being every day. The day anyone 4 5 gave the news that the elephant had died all the villagers will be
punished. 4 Filled with fear the villagers once again came to Rohak. He
listened everything and gave them assurance-"You just regularly
feed the elephant. I will take care of everything." In the evening the 4 elephant was given best suitable diet for it, but still it could not pass 4 the night. The villagers became afraid. But Rohak came and gave 5 them necessary instruction after reassuring them. 5 The villagers went to the king and informed—”Sire ! The elephant 4 is neither eating nor drinking anything, it is neither standing nor y making any other movement. It appears that it is not even
breathing." The king, displaying a mock anger, uttered in high
pitched voice-"Has the elephant died ?” The acrobats humbly said, 41 "Your excellency, how can we say that, it is for you to decide."
The king was once again astonished at the sharp intelligence of Rohak and remained silent. The villagers returned happy.
8. The Well-Once again, finding an opportune moment, the king sent a message to the villagers—"The water of the well in your 41 village is very cool and sweet. Send that well to me otherwise you will 4 be punished.”
This impossible demand of the king once again terrorised the he villagers. But they had the support of Rohak in solving such 4 problems. He was asked the solution. After being tutored by Rohak
they went to the king and said "Sire ! As per your instructions we
went to our village-well and tried to persuade it to come to you in the Ef city. But it is very shy and apprehensive; not only this, it is very 55 sceptic as well. It is not even ready to believe us that you have called 4
it. We humbly submit that you should send some city-well to our village to persuade that village-well. We are confident that the
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