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READY WITTED ROHAK
D harat was an acrobat who lived in a small village near
the city of Avanti. He married a woman who died after giving birth to a son named 'Rohak. Then he married another woman, who showed a step-motherly attitude to the little boy and did not even feed him properly. The boy had a ready wit. Once he told his step- mother, “You don't look after me. So I shall teach you a lesson in the future."
One night, Rohak got up suddenly from his bed and shouted, “Look there, some person is running away from our house." These words poisoned his father's mind and he concluded that his wife was faithless. And Bharat, therefore, ceased to love her.
The woman realised that her step-son must be at the root of her husband's indifference to her. So she begged of her son Rohak to pardon her and so the boy wished his father not to be devoid of affection for his mother.
One night when there was moonlight, he cried out, pointing to his shadow "Father, look here. Some person is going out." 94
