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Extra Credit Reading Notes: Twenty-Two Goblins, Part B

 These notes are from Twenty-Two Goblins: The Girl and the Thief  translated by Arthur W. Ryder (1917)

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  • A love story! Kinda lol
  • Again, the frame narrative starts with the king and the goblin
  • Could I make it a love story in a love story? 
  • If the princess gets the riddle correctly, she gets to save and marry the prince!
  • The riddle:
    • A merchant has a beautiful daughter: modest, pretty, and charming
    •  He tries to marry her off, but she doesn't like men!
      • Great character
    • She didn't want a husband, and would rather die than talk about marriage
    • Then, the story switches
    • There is a thief, and he is noticed by the king
    • The king tries to trick him
      • The king pretends to be a thief, so the thief treats him kindly
    • The thief brings the king to his house, and treats him like a guest
    • The king runs away, and brings an army to kill the thief
    • The thief destroys the army--he's a really cool fighter
    • Now, the king fights with the swordsman! 
    • The king wins, and takes the thief to be executed
    • The girl (Pearl), sees the thief on the execution day, and OF course falls in love with him.  
    • The father goes to the king, but and makes offers to try to save the thief
    • It doesn't work!
    • The girl tries to die with the thief--he sees her and cries, but dies with a smile
    • The girl takes his body, and tries to burn herself with him
    • Shiva appears and stops the girl
    • The girl was being faithful, so Shiva offers her a boon
    • She wants her father to have sons, and for her husband to come back alive! 
    • It works, the thief is brought back to life and becomes a good man
    • He becomes a general for the king, and lives a life full of virtue.
    • The riddle question: When the tief saw the merchant's daughter crying, did he weep or laugh?
    • Answer: the thief thought: "I can make no return to this merchant for his unselfish friendship" (so he wept). He also thought: "why goes this girl reject kings and fall in love with a thief" (so he laughed at how strange women are). 
    • I think if I rewrote this, I would make the story a bit more romantic
    • He would laugh at the king--for being a fool! 
    • And weep for the lady he was about to lose. also weep for his kindness! 

Image Info:
Vikram and the Baital 
Ernest Griset
Found on: Wikipedia 

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