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‘a Nese Kx ty VN = vy, A = THE ; MAGIC GROVE. VIDYUTPRABHA , THE TWELVE-YEAR-OLD |DAUGHTER. OF AGNI SHARMA, WAS OUT |GRAZING THEIR CATTLE. /T WAS A HOT DAY AND SHE WAS TIRED. WHEN HER MOTHER DIED, FOUR YEARS AGO, ¥ THE BURDEN OF RUNNING} THE HOUSEHOLD, HAD FALLEN ON HER. 17'S A GOOD IDEA, VIDYUTPRABHA. FATHER, | FIND IT DIFFI- PLL DO AS yOu CULT TO RUN THE HOUSE-, HOLD ALONE . WHY DON'T YOU MARRY AGAIN? < ‘amar chitra katha BUT AGNI SHARMA'S SECOND WIFE WAS LAZY AND SHIRKED WORK. AND NOW THAT SHE HAS A DAUGHTER , MY WORK HAS DOUBLED. ANYWAY, | HAVE ONLY MYSELF TO BLAME .! WANTED MORE LEISURE AND LOST EVEN WHAT LITTLE 1 HAD. WHAT'S THAT © WHO’S THERE 2 SOME SNAKE IT MAY BE A SNAKE. CHARMERS ARE BUT IT IS IN TROUBLE AFTER ME. AND NEEDS MY HELP, PLEASE PROTECT ME. DON’T BE AFRAID. | WILL er i mS fl é mater THE MAGIC GROVE DON’T WORRY, MY FRIEND. THEY WON’T GET YOU. wie ae |S ns W/ PLEASE 9 (HURRY. THEY'LL BE HERE ANY MINUTE. y iy XS AND SHE HID IT IN HER LAP. u NO,SIRS. EVEN IF IT HAD PASSED, | WOULON’T KNOW. 1 WAS FAST ASLEEP. HAVE YOU SEEN \v A SNAKE PASS THIS WAY 2 IF SHE HAD, COME ON. THEY'VE GONE. COULDN'T SHE’D HAVE LET’S NOT YOU ARE SAFE. = HAVE BEEN WASTE OUR YOU CAN COME L SEEN IT. TERRIFIED. TIME HERE. OUT. ‘amar chitra katha NO; YOU WERE NOT, MY BRAVE GIRL. YOUR COURAGE AND KINDNESS ARE AMAZING . YOU DESERVE A BOON. ASK AVY? Plas : Ss. 7 know.) seem To Be N= SUFFERING FROM SOME \__ | STRANGE DISEASE WHICH WHERE IS YOUR GROVE, YOUR MAJESTY?WHY DOESN'T IT FOLLOW / OH! IT HAS GONE TO WHEN THEY REACHED THE PALACE, THE WELL TO GET aT TO WATERED - IT WILL AH! WHAT A @ {| BEAUTIFUL HX CHILD! & IT MUST BE fo SOME INTERNAL Hl DISEASE OR Dis- bre ORDER, MY LORD. al etRANGE | THE GROVE NEVER NEEDED WATERING BEFORE! 1S THIS ARAMASHOBHA OR AN IMPOSTOR ? THERE SEEMS TO BE SOME MISCHIEF AFOOT. ANYWAY, I'LL WAIT AND SEE. a AND WHERE 16 YOUR GROVE ? AH! IT WAS GETTING WATER- ED AT THE WELL.’ $0) LEFT IT BEHIND .IT WILL COME LATER- DON’T WORRY- = ~{ SHE 1S NOT MY MY DEAR, YOUR. GROVE en. QUEEN ! SHE’S AN STILL HASN’T COME. IMPOSTOR. HAVE BRING IT BACK.| FEEL | BEEN DUPED? UNEASY TO SEE YOU THEN WHERE 16} im ‘ R 2 QUT WITHOUT IT MY LORD. IT ARAMASHOBHA ® WILL COME IN ~ = A. GOOD TIME. SO 4 AND COMFORTABLE , ARAMA- |SHOBHA WAS UNHAPPY. © DEVA, | LONG FOR MY SON | WANT TO. ALL RIGHT, HOLD HIM IN / TONIGHT MY ARMS. PLL TRANS- PORT YOU TO: HIM. BUT YOU MUST RETURN BEFORE SUNRISE. IF YOU DON’T. |MEANWHILE THOUGH SAFE 7... DEAD SNAKE amar chitra katha. WILL DROP FROM YOUR HAIR AND | CAN NEVER AGAIN COME TO YOUR AID. I WILL SEE THAT | FULFIL THE CONDI TION. LL TAKE SOME FLOWERS AND FRUIT FROM MY GROVE BEFORE ee ALL TOO SOON, THE HOURS FLEW PAST AND THE NEXT MORNING, WHEN THE BOY'S IT WAS TIME FOR HER TO DEPART. MAID AWOKE — 7LL COME BACK y 1 JONIGHT.TILL 5 . THEN, FAREWELL: / WHAT'S THIS WHO COULD HAVE LEFT THOSE FRUITS AND FLOWERS HERE? SHE IMMEDIATELY REPORTED THE MATTER TO THE KING. +s AND THEY Y ASK THE QUEEN ARE EXACTLY TO SEE MEIN LIKE THE ONES THE PRINCE’S THAT GREW IN CHAMBER. THE QUEEN’S HOW DID THEY 2 OH! THOSE! | BROUGHT THEM FOR OUR SON, FROM MY GROVE. amar crvtra katha WHEN THE SAME THING HAPPENED THE NEXT MORNING — \S THAT SO? THEN BRING ME SOME JUST NOW. NOT NOW, MY LORD. ILL GET THEM TONIGHT. TOMORROW NIGHT, SHALL KEEP WATCH. DARLING ! VVE SOUNDS. HOW BE ABLE, TO POOR ARAMASHO- ¥ BHA, HOW SAD SHE Bi H|/ WILL |-EVER % NO, YOU WON’T, ARAMASHOBHA MY LORD, yOu ! Il | PLEASE LET ME GO. z DON’T STOP ME a NOW. I'LL COME BACK TONIGHT AND /, TELL YOU ALL. i NO, ARAMASHOBHA - NOW THAT I'VE FOUN! yOu, | WILL NOT i LET YOU GO. PLEASE, MY LORD, IF YOU ff WHAT SHALL | DOS (LiF 1 BEGIN TO TELL HIM ALL THAT HAPPENED, 1 WON’T FINISH BEFORE DAWN. IF | DON’T, HE WON’T LEAVE ME. ) HAVE NO CHOICE. )7 No, mY QUEEN. TONIGHT 1S TOO FAR OFF. TELL ME NOW- TELL ME ALL. TILL you DO,! WON’T LET GO OF YOUR SO SHE BEGAN HER TALE, TRYING TO TELL IT AS FAST AS SHE COULD. —

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