Reading
Diary
Santal
Folklore:
·
Ledha
and the Leopard: The boy, Ledha, helped the leopard by
pulling off the lizard that bit him. In return, the leopard did not eat Ledha
for his gratitude for helping him out, but he asked the boy to tell no one or
he would eat him. The boy ended up telling his sister about what had happened,
in which the leopard overheard the conversation. The leopard took from his room
to the jungle to eat him, but the boy had the wits to get his self out of the
predicament by using the “lizard” to scare off the leopard to secure safety. He
was lost, but found a herd of buffaloes to take care of. During that time, he
sent a lock of his hair down stream to be found, so someone could locate him.
The princess found him through the use of a crow taking his flute. Ledha and
the princess returned to the buffalo, finding them ill, in which Ledha helped
restore them and the jungle.
·
The
Killing of the Tiger: The tiger in this story had a
history of eating the travelers on a certain road. The Raja deemed this road
unsafe, and he wanted someone to take care of this tiger, so the people could
travel on this road without harm. The Raja put up a reward for half of his
kingdom. He asked his finest soldiers to kill the tiger; they all declined. The
Raja put the reward into the public for anyone to accept. One man was brave
enough to take on the challenge of killing this tiger. He made sure the offer
was on the table before he made any move. The man did not take much with him
besides three pictures of tigers, a looking glass, and his hatchet. The man hid
in a tree till the tiger came, and when the tiger came he jumped down to the
tree. The tiger wanted to eat him, while the man wanted to kill him. The man
made a compromise with the tiger by take bits of his ears, tongue, and claws
with him claim his reward. But the man knew that the pain would cause the tiger
to die anyways.
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