Once in the far country of the world there used to be a girl who was pretty and kind-hearted. But unfortunately, she was an orphan. She used to live with her seven brothers and their wives. Brothers loved their sister very much but her sisters-in-law were always jealous of her beauty and didn't like her. They treated her well in front of their husbands but behind they used to mistreat her.
During day time the brothers went out to work in the field and the poor girl had to do all work of the house. One day the elder brother said to them," We were a big family and it is not enough for us by working in the field so we must have to go to the city and earn". Everyone agreed to the elder brother then the next day all seven brothers went in search of work.
Now the poor girl was alone in the home with her sisters-in-law, yes alone with seven sisters-in-law.
The girl used to get up early and do all the household work. She had to wash all clothes, wash dishes, cook food and others do nothing.
One day her sisters-in-law made a plan to kill her. They planned to make her do the difficult tasks so that she will never return home or die. So the elder sisters-in-law pretend to be sick. The girl was worried about her health. Then her other sisters-in-law said to her that the elder sisters-in-law will only be cured if she smell the lotus that grow in the 'kali' river of their village. So, the poor girl went for getting the lotus.
When she reached the river she saw that the stone in the river was so slippery but she had to save her sister-in-law. So she sat down on the edge of the river and started to cry. Hearing her cry a frog came close to her and asked why she is crying. She told the frog her all story. The frog said to her that she is a very kind-hearted girl and he picked a lotus for her.
In the home, all sisters-in-law were so happy thinking that now she might have slipped in the river and died but seeing her alive made them more angry.
Months passed but the brothers didn't return. Again one of the sisters-in-law pretend to be sick and told her that she would only be fine if she drink the milk of a tiger. Then again the girl set out to bring the tiger's milk. She was soo scared. Deep in the forest, she saw a cub that was trapped in a dig. She somehow managed to rescue the cub. The cub was thankful to her and asked if he could do anything for her. She told the cub everything. The cub took the girl to his mother and told her how the girl helped him and what the girl need. The Tiger was happy and gave the girl milk. There in the home, all sisters-in-law were celebrating the death of the girl but when she reached home safely they thought that they couldn't kill the girl so started to treat her more badly.
They then banished the girl from the house. The poor girl went into the jungle and used to live under trees and eat whatever she got in the jungle. Once she was sitting in the tree and singing the agony song of her life "All my brothers went far to work
all my sisters-in-law make me do all chores
all my brothers didn't return so long
I have to leave my home and live in thorn"
The black crow heard the song and it went to the city, the place where her brothers worked and it sang that song. Hearing that song the brothers understood that it was the story of their sister. So they all left for their home. While returning home they heard a girl singing the same song in the middle of the forest. Looking into the forest they found their sister who looked very tired and weak. They asked her all the story and took her home by hiding her in a big suitcase. When they reached home they asked their wives where was their sister. Their wives said that she ran away with another man. Hearing that the elder brother became angry with his wife and slapped her. Then they opened the bag and the girl came out. The brothers asked their wives to leave the home but the sister requested her brother to forgive them. The sisters-in-law realized how bad they were and apologize to her.
Thereafter they started to live a happy life.
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