Indian folk story: Mahila Ropia's knitting

in the southern indian city of mahila ropia, there is a carpet-weaving worker named sagaradata.

his carpet was very beautiful, but it was very slow, one for a year, so he made little money.

one day, when sagaradata was about to finish the most beautiful carpet, his machine broke.

he's a poor man.

without having had the time to complain, he took an ax to find a solid tree and prepared a new machine.

he looked at many trees and finally chose a tall yellow tree by the sea.

"i need this tree!" sagaradata was happy to say.

but sagaradata just lifted his axe and suddenly heard someone say, "poor this tree, my friend!" who's talking to me?" sagaradata feels strange.

"it's me, forest demon.

"if i can't get a good tree to build a knitting machine, my carpet will not be finished or sold, my family will starve.

you'd better move somewhere else and let me cut this yellow tree off.

"no! don't touch this tree! i'm comfortable here! the sea winds are blowing here and i'm cool even on a hot day.

why don't you tell me what you need, and i'll give you what you want! sagaradata agreed, but he said he had to go back and talk to his wife first.

half way to sagaradata met a well-known barber.

the barber asked him, "my friend, where are you going in such a hurry?" i conquered the forest demon and now i'm in a hurry to go home and talk to my wife and ask her what she wants.

" ah! if this is the case, ask him to give you a kingdom! be emperor and i will be your chief, and let us both enjoy the joy of the world.

"maybe you're right," said the knitter, but i had to talk to my wife first.

"my friend, look at you! what's the big deal with a woman?" after sagaradata had spoken, he had to go home.

he asked his wife: " honey, what do we want from the forest demon? my friend the barber asked me to have a kingdom.

" how confused is your hairdresser! don't listen to him! do you not know how much worry you will be an emperor for a day? you know, around the emperor, all but the conceited are traitors.

"my wife, you're right.

so, what do i ask him?" "yes, dear, you're right!" but you can only weave for more than a yearA carpet.

So we're so poor.

Ask the Forest Devil for a knitting machine! And so it is: as many as you want to knit in a day, and the most beautiful of all.

" Sagaradata agreed with his wife and went to the coast where the forest demons lived.

But the more he moves, the more sad he gets.

He thought, "What good would it be for me if the forest demon really gave me such a wonderful knitting machine? What would I do if the carpet were to be knitted by a knitting machine? "I don't want anything! If you don't let me cut this tree, fix the old knitter." "The Forest Demon Answers.

As soon as Sagaradata arrived, he ran to see his knitting machine.

The knitting machine is completely repaired。