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Four or five years passed in this way. His companions always asked him, “Who is that

beautiful lady in the palace with the seven wings?” And the Brahman’s son would come
back from school and sadly tell the princess, “Tell me; Oh! Tell me, who are you?”

The princess said, “Let it pass today. I will tell you some other day.” And everyday the
Brahman’s son would ask, “Who are you?” and the princess would reply, “Let it pass today.
I will tell you some other day.” In this manner, four or five more years passed away.

At last the Brahman’s son became very impatient and said, “If you do not tell me today
who are you? O beautiful lady! I will leave this palace with the seven wings.” Then the
princess said, “I will certainly tell you tomorrow.”

Next day, the Brahman’s son, as soon as he came home from school, said, “Now, tell me

who are you?” The princess said, “Tonight, I will tell you after supper when you are in bed.”
The Brahman’s son said , “Very well,” and he began to count the hours in expectation of
the night.

That evening her husband, the Brahman’s son had finished his meal, too excited almost

to eat and had gone to the golden bed in the bed-chamber. He said to himself , “Tonight, I
shall surely know who this beautiful lady is in the palace with the seven wings.”
The princess took her food and slowly entered the bed-chamber. She had to answer that

night the question and as she went up to the bed to tell him, she found a serpent had crept
out of the bed and had bitten the Brahman’s son. Her boy-husband was lying on the bed
with face pale in death.

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