Shabrang (Of the color of Night)

Compiled & edited:

Sham S.Misri

Once, a king of Kashmir had gone for hunting. He reached a garden where he saw a lovely maiden. He approached the maiden without knowing who she was:

The king said, “You are extremely beautiful. You are fit to be my queen." The maiden replied, "Yes, I too should like to marry someone like you and then my son will marry your daughter." The king was baffled by this answer and did not know how to deal with her, as he was obviously outwitted. Soon he 

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