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Many years ago, there lived a couple who had a
very beautiful daughter. While the husband was a man ___1___
violent temper, his wife was just the ___2___.
She was always sweet and gentle. The daughter,
Alitaptap, took ___3___
her mother. So it was not ___4___
that she
___5___ many admirers.
Now, ___6___
the men who wanted to marry her was Meopin, a rich
man, ___7___
a rascal. He also had a violent temper. He did not
like ___8___ to
argue with him. He was picked ___9___
Alitaptap's future husband
___10___
of his great wealth. ___11___
learning this, Alitaptap wept bitterly and ___12___
her father not to ___13___
her to Meopin. Her father refused to ___14___.
The wedding day was fixed. On the big day ___15___,
Alitaptap was ___16___
to be found. At first, her parents and relatives
looked ___17___
her in the house, but she was not there. Then they
looked for her in the village. She was not there ___18___.
So the villagers organized a big search party. At
last they found Alitaptap, but she was ___19___.
She was ___20___
face down in a river nearby.
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Many years ago, there lived a couple who had a
very beautiful daughter. While the husband was a man
of violent
temper, his wife was just the
opposite. She was always sweet and
gentle. The daughter, Alitaptap, took
after her
mother. So it was not
surprising that she
had many admirers.
Now, among
the men who wanted to marry her was Meopin, a rich
man, but a
rascal. He also had a violent temper. He did not
like anyone to
argue with him. He was picked
as Alitaptap's future husband
because
of his great wealth. On
learning this, Alitaptap wept bitterly and
begged her
father not to marry
her to Meopin. Her father refused to
listen.
The wedding day was fixed. On the big day
itself,
Alitaptap was nowhere
to be found. At first, her parents and relatives
looked for her
in the house, but she was not there. Then they
looked for her in the village. She was not there
either. So the
villagers organized a big search party. At last they
found Alitaptap, but she was
dead. She was floating
face down in a river nearby.
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