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Soon the drum made of tamarind wood was ready. The courtiers assembled outside the king's door and the royal musician began to play, But instead of the thum thum thum that everyone expected, the Tamarind drum intoned, "The raja has horns on his head. The raja has horns on his head". The court burst out laughing and the king cried with rage. "I won't stay in the palace a moment longer" he shouted. "I'll go to the forest and live by myself" He tore the nightcap off his head and ran out of the palace, seizing the Tamarind drum on his way out. The king lived for several years in the forest. He gradually learnt about the beauty of the world around him. He learnt to care for creatures smaller than himself. Gradually he grew strong, wise and selfless. His only companion was the Tamarind drum, and the drum, when he beat it, gave him all the advice and experience of the old tree. He learnt to play it so beautifully that even the spirits of the trees were charmed and they went to meet the God who had given him the horns.
Soon the drum made of tamarind wood was ready. The courtiers assembled outside the king's door and the royal musician began to play, But instead of the thum thum thum that everyone expected, the Tamarind drum intoned, "The raja has horns on his head. The raja has horns on his head". The court burst out laughing and the king cried with rage. "I won't stay in the palace a moment longer" he shouted. "I'll go to the forest and live by myself" He tore the nightcap off his head and ran out of the palace, seizing the Tamarind drum on his way out. The king lived for several years in the forest. He gradually learnt about the beauty of the world around him. He learnt to care for creatures smaller than himself. Gradually he grew strong, wise and selfless. His only companion was the Tamarind drum, and the drum, when he beat it, gave him all the advice and experience of the old tree. He learnt to play it so beautifully that even the spirits of the trees were charmed and they went to meet the God who had given him the horns.
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