Excerpt from Santal Folk Tales: Translated From the Santali The merchant then said to the boy, As you enter do not touch any of the gold flowers, but put out the lamp, and heap on the gold tray as many of the gold flowers as you can, and bring them away with you.' He did as he was ordered, and'on reaching the door again requested his uncle to relieve him of the gold flowers, but he refused, saying, Climb up as best as you can. The boy replied, How can I do so, when my hands are full The merchant then shut the iron trap door on him, and went away to a distant country. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.