Balot nang many years ogo, there were once
quarrelled They could not agree how to divide up
wo brothers called Khuru and Khomer who
the fomity land. Khamer had o large family of seven
ons and he bullied Khuru who had only one son and
ishly took almost all of the land for himselfleoving
for his brother to make a living
Khuru grew increasingly unhappy with the arrangement
as he was very poor and after a season he said to
his brother Brother you have taken all the land for
No we won't said Khomer You have got too much
It is you don't believe me, let us take an oath on it
hun ogreed to take an oath
Let us go and swear on the water said Khamer
uru agreed and they went to a spring where they took an oath on the water and returned home
Sorte time later the brothers quarrelled again and Khuru said again to Khamer. Brother you have for
o much land and I have too little Let us divide the land afresh
Va Said Khomer once more. We won't divide it Come along and let us demand the opinion of the
land It will tell us which of us has too much
Khuru agreed to abide by the opinion of the land
So that night Khomer took one of his sons to a field and dug a hole there. He gove his son precise
and then buried him, assuring him he would return the following day to recover him. Next
O homer brought Khuru to the field in which his son was buried and the two brothers put their
0 Land said Khamer. 'Have lor Khuru got the larger share!
homer's son whom he had buried answered from below the ground as his father had instructed him
No Khamer hos not got too much lond. It is Khuru who has got too much
hearing this. Khuru WOS very sad, and turned for home
So be said he 'If the land says so, it must be so
After Khuru had gone home. Khamer went back to the field to extract his son. He went to the place
where he had buried him and removed the earth. His son was not there. He called him by name, and
from further owoy he heard his son crying I'm here! I'm here! He went forward and dug again but his
son won t there. Again he called his son's name and again he heard his son's voice crying. Em here! I'm
barer from another, distant part of the field. Again he dug and found nothing again he heard his son and
egon he dug. He dug everywhere, but nowhere did he find his son
given me too little Let us divide up the
Dejected and hopeless, Khamer returned to his home and his six sons. He now had all the land, but he
over the family land
The Two Brothers
suficient
yourself and
and
equally
instructions
question to the land
Mad lost one of his sons, and his remaining sons did not prosper. It is said that very soon they all died one
Khamer's land was left heirless. After all that had happened Khuru never
cared to make use of the land.
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ishly took almost all of the land for himselfleoving
for his brother to make a living
Khuru grew increasingly unhappy with the arrangement
as he was very poor and after a season he said to
his brother Brother you have taken all the land for
No we won't said Khomer You have got too much
It is you don't believe me, let us take an oath on it
hun ogreed to take an oath
Let us go and swear on the water said Khamer
uru agreed and they went to a spring where they took an oath on the water and returned home
Sorte time later the brothers quarrelled again and Khuru said again to Khamer. Brother you have for
o much land and I have too little Let us divide the land afresh
Va Said Khomer once more. We won't divide it Come along and let us demand the opinion of the
land It will tell us which of us has too much
Khuru agreed to abide by the opinion of the land
So that night Khomer took one of his sons to a field and dug a hole there. He gove his son precise
and then buried him, assuring him he would return the following day to recover him. Next
O homer brought Khuru to the field in which his son was buried and the two brothers put their
0 Land said Khamer. 'Have lor Khuru got the larger share!
homer's son whom he had buried answered from below the ground as his father had instructed him
No Khamer hos not got too much lond. It is Khuru who has got too much
hearing this. Khuru WOS very sad, and turned for home
So be said he 'If the land says so, it must be so
After Khuru had gone home. Khamer went back to the field to extract his son. He went to the place
where he had buried him and removed the earth. His son was not there. He called him by name, and
from further owoy he heard his son crying I'm here! I'm here! He went forward and dug again but his
son won t there. Again he called his son's name and again he heard his son's voice crying. Em here! I'm
barer from another, distant part of the field. Again he dug and found nothing again he heard his son and
egon he dug. He dug everywhere, but nowhere did he find his son
given me too little Let us divide up the
Dejected and hopeless, Khamer returned to his home and his six sons. He now had all the land, but he
over the family land
The Two Brothers
suficient
yourself and
and