I shall go and cut down the pumpkin , ' cried her brother in a rage . ` If you cut down the pumpkin you shall cut off my hand with it , ' exclaimed the girl , running up to her tree and catching hold of it . But her brother followed , and with one blow cut off the pumpkin and her hand too . Then he went into the house and took away everything he could find , and sold the house to a friend of his who had long wished to have it , and his sister had no home to go to . Meanwhile she had bathed her arm carefully , and bound on it some healing leaves that grew near by , and wrapped a cloth round the leaves , and went to hide in the forest , that her brother might not find her again . For seven days she wandered about , eating only the fruit that hung from the trees above her , and every night she climbed up and tucked herself safely among the creepers which bound together the big branches , so that neither lions nor tigers nor panthers might get at her . When she woke up on the seventh morning she saw from her perch smoke coming up from a little town on the edge of the forest . The sight of the huts made her feel more lonely and helpless than before . She longed desperately for a draught of milk from a gourd , for there were no streams in that part , and she was very thirsty , but how was she to earn anything with only one hand ? And at this thought her courage failed , and she began to cry bitterly . It happened that the king 's son had come out from the town very early to shoot birds , and when the sun grew hot he left tired . ' I will lie here and rest under this tree , ' he said to his attendants . ` You can go and shoot instead , and I will just have this slave to stay with me ! ' Away they went , and the young man fell asleep , and slept long . Suddenly he was awakened by something wet and salt falling on his face . ` What is that ? Is it raining ? ' he said to his slave . ` Go and look . ' ` No , master , it is not raining , ' answered the slave .
` Then climb up the tree and see what it is , ' and the slave climbed up , and came back and told his master that a beautiful girl was sitting up there , and that it must have been her tears which had fallen XXXXX the face of the king 's son .
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