𑐠𑑂𑐰 𑐳𑐦𑐹𑐫𑐵 𑐔𑑂𑐰𑐩𑐶, 𑐔𑐶𑐟𑑂𑐬𑐎𑐵𑐬 𑐰 𑐥𑑂𑐬𑐎𑐵𑐱𑐎𑑄 𑐠𑑂𑐰 𑐳𑐦𑐹𑐫𑐵𑐟 𑐩𑐾𑐐𑐸 𑐨𑐵𑐲𑑄 𑐨𑐵𑐫𑑂 𑐴𑐶𑐮𑐾𑐐𑐸 𑐥𑑂𑐬𑐵𑐾𑐟𑑂𑐳𑐵𑐴𑐣 𑐰 𑐳𑐩𑑂𑐬𑐬𑑂𑐠𑐣 𑐧𑑂𑐫𑐹𑐐𑐸 𑐡𑐸 , 𑐀𑐫𑐳𑐵𑑄 𑐥𑐵𑐛 𑐰 𑐎𑐮𑐵𑐫𑐵 𑐴𑐷𑐎𑐵𑐫𑐵𑐟 𑐣𑑂𑐫𑐹𑐣𑐟𑐩 𑐫𑐵𑐫𑐾𑐟 𑐂𑐣𑐵𑐥 𑐫𑐵𑐐𑐸 𑐡𑐸𑑋

𑐎𑐵𑐣𑑂𑐳𑐬𑐶 𑐧𑐮𑑂𑐮𑐵:𑐩𑑂𑐴 𑐖𑐸𑐖𑐸𑐫𑐵 𑐩𑑂𑐴𑑂𑐫𑐵𑐫𑑂 𑐏𑑅𑑋
𑐬𑐵𑐖𑐎𑐸𑐩𑐵𑐬𑐷 𑐖𑐹𑐳𑐵𑑄 𑐠𑑅 𑐟𑑅𑐢𑐶𑐎: 𑐖𑐸𑐂𑐧𑐮𑐫𑑂 𑐧𑐸𑑃𑐖𑑂𑐫𑐵𑐩𑐶 𑐴𑐾 𑐖𑐸𑐂 𑐫𑑅𑑋

𑐰𑐫𑐵𑐐𑐸 𑐏𑑃 𑐣𑑂𑐫𑐣𑐵𑑅 𑐖𑐸𑐖𑐸 𑐟𑑄𑐔𑐵𑐂 𑑋 𑐄𑐎𑐶𑑄 𑐟𑑅𑐢𑐶𑐎 𑐖𑐸𑐂𑐧𑐮𑐫𑑂 𑐖𑐸𑐖𑐸𑑄 𑐰𑐫𑐵𑐟 𑐮𑐵𑐫𑑂‌𑐎𑐹 𑐟𑑂𑐰:𑐟𑐾𑐐𑐸 𑐄𑐖𑑄 𑐧𑐶𑐂 𑑋
`𑐮𑐵𑐫𑑂‌𑐎𑐹 𑐥𑐶𑐣𑐾 𑐐𑐸𑐮𑐶 𑐡𑐸𑑅𑐏 𑐳𑐷𑐩𑐵:, 𑐕𑑄 𑐠𑑅𑐩𑑂𑐴𑑄 𑐴𑐾 𑐰𑐵𑑅𑐔𑐵𑐫𑐾𑐎𑐶𑑋’ 𑐰𑐫𑑂‌𑐎𑐮𑑄 𑐟𑐩𑑄 𑐢𑐵𑐂𑑋 ‘𑐀𑐮𑐾 𑐖𑐎 𑐕𑑄 𑐰𑐵𑑅𑐔𑐵𑐂 𑑋’

𑐎𑐵𑐣𑑂𑐳𑐬𑐶𑑄 𑐠𑑅𑐩𑑂𑐴𑑄 𑐩𑐔𑐵𑑄𑐣𑐶𑐳𑐾𑑄 𑐩𑐸𑑄𑐎𑐵𑐟𑑅𑐐𑐸 𑐥𑐸𑐳𑐵 𑐥𑑂𑐰𑑅𑐔𑐷𑑋 𑐀𑐮𑐾 𑐐𑐸𑑃𑐂 𑐔𑑂𑐰𑑄𑐰𑐣𑐷𑑋

𑐰𑐫𑑂‌𑐎𑐮𑑄 𑐔𑐷𑐢𑑄𑐐𑐸 𑐧𑐮𑑂𑐔𑐵 𑐡𑐫𑐾𑐎𑐷 𑑋
𑐣𑐵𑐥𑑄 𑐔𑑂𑐰𑑄𑐐𑐸 𑐎𑑂𑐫𑐧𑐫𑑂 𑐥𑐸𑐳𑐵 𑐴𑑂𑐰𑐮𑐷 𑑋

𑐧𑐸𑑃𑐂 𑐖𑑂𑐫𑐵 𑐫𑐵𑐫𑐾 𑐟𑐳𑐎𑑄 𑐠𑐵𑐎𑐸𑑋
𑐎𑐵𑐣𑑂𑐳𑐬𑐶𑐫𑐵𑐟 𑐨𑑁𑐔𑐵, 𑐩𑐿𑐣𑐵 𑐰 𑐩𑐵𑐎𑑅𑐔𑐵𑑄 𑐐𑑂𑐰𑐴𑐵𑐮𑐶 𑐫𑐵𑐟 𑑋

𑐨𑑁𑐔𑐵𑑄 𑐧𑐸𑑃𑐂 𑐕𑐸𑑃 𑐳𑑂𑐫𑐵𑐟 𑑋
𑐩𑐵𑐎𑑅𑐔𑐵𑑄 𑐧𑐮𑑂𑐔𑐵 𑐳𑐸𑐳𑐵:𑐎𑐸𑐳𑐵: 𑐫𑐵𑐟 𑑋
𑐩𑐿𑐣𑐵𑑄 𑐧𑑂𑐰𑐫𑐵𑑅 𑐮𑐵𑐫𑑂‌𑐎𑐹 𑐰𑐣𑐵𑑅 𑐀𑐣𑐫𑐵 𑐮𑐶𑐥𑐵𑑄𑐐𑐸 𑐧𑐸𑐏𑑃 𑐴𑐮 𑑋 𑐂𑐥𑐶𑑄 𑐳𑐎𑐮𑐾𑑄 𑐥𑐵𑐳𑐵 𑐖𑐸𑐮 𑑋 𑐀𑐮𑐾 𑐳𑐎𑐮𑐾𑑄 𑐮𑐳𑐟𑐵𑑄 𑐣𑐵𑐥𑑄 𑐔𑑂𑐰𑐣𑑋

𑐎𑐵𑐣𑑂𑐳𑐬𑐶𑐫𑐵 𑐗 𑐗𑑅 𑐢𑐵𑑅𑐐𑐸 𑐧𑐸𑑃𑐖𑑂𑐫𑐵𑐫𑐵 𑐏𑑃𑐫𑑂 𑐧𑐫𑑂 𑐧𑐫𑑂 𑐖𑐸𑐮𑑋
𑐖𑐸𑐖𑐸 𑐟𑐩𑑄 𑐩𑐶𑑃 𑐖𑐸𑐮𑑋 𑐰 𑐏𑐸𑐬𑐹 𑐏𑐸𑐬𑐹 𑐖𑐸𑐖𑐸𑐫𑐵 𑐣𑑄 𑐖𑐸𑐖𑐸 𑐩𑐴𑐵𑐖𑐸𑐖𑐸 𑐂𑐣𑑂𑐡𑑂𑐬𑐫𑐵 𑐠𑐵𑐫𑑂 𑐰𑐣𑑋

𑐩𑑂𑐴𑑂𑐫𑐵𑐫𑑂‌𑐫𑐵𑐟 𑐥𑐵𑐛 𑐳𑑂𑐫𑐣𑐾𑐟 𑐖𑐸𑐖𑐸𑑄 𑐂𑐣𑑂𑐡𑑂𑐬𑐫𑐵𑐎𑐾 𑐐𑑂𑐰𑐴𑐵𑐮𑐶 𑐦𑑂𑐰𑐣 𑑋
“𑐰 𑐖𑑂𑐫𑐵 𑐖𑐶𑐟 𑐟𑑂𑐰:𑐟𑐵: 𑐧𑐶𑐫𑐵𑐡𑐶𑐳𑑃,” 𑐂𑐣𑑂𑐡𑑂𑐬𑑄 𑐢𑐵𑐮𑑋 “𑐖𑐶𑑄 𑐳𑐸𑐏𑑂𑐏𑐵 𑐫𑐵𑐣𑐵𑐧𑐷𑑋 𑐡𑐎𑑂𑐰𑑄 𑐧𑐵𑐮𑐶 𑐳𑐸𑐏𑑂𑐏𑐵 𑐖𑐸𑐫𑐵𑑅𑐳𑐶𑐣𑐵𑐰𑐣𑐷𑑋”

𑐎𑐵𑐣𑑂𑐳𑐬𑐶 𑐰 𑐰𑐫𑐵 𑐥𑐵𑐳𑐵𑐥𑐶𑑄 𑐖𑐵𑐣𑐵𑑅 𑐧𑐵𑐮𑐶𑐫𑐵𑐟 𑐏𑐸𑐳𑐶 𑐳𑐶𑐠𑐫𑑂 𑐣𑑂𑐴𑑂𑐫𑐵𑐎𑐮𑑋
𑐰𑐵 𑐩𑐰𑐫𑐵𑑅 𑐡𑐾𑐳𑐫𑑂 𑐡𑐎𑑂𑐰 𑐧𑐵𑐮𑐶𑐣𑐵𑐮𑐶 𑐐𑐣𑐵𑐰𑐣𑑋
𑐀𑐫𑑂‌𑐳𑐵𑑄 𑐎𑐵𑐣𑑂𑐳𑐬𑐶𑐫𑐵 𑐧𑐵𑐮𑐶 𑐩𑐐𑑄 𑑋

𑐠𑑂𑐰 𑐏𑐣𑐵𑑄 𑐂𑐣𑑂𑐡𑑂𑐬 𑐴𑐵𑐬𑐾 𑐔𑐵𑐮𑑋 “𑐖𑐶𑑄 𑐁𑑅 𑐏𑐸𑐳𑐶𑐧𑐵𑑅 𑐰𑐫𑑂‌𑐎𑐵𑐧𑐷𑑋 𑐀𑐮𑐾𑐮𑐵 𑐎𑐵𑐣𑑂𑐳𑐬𑐶 𑐐𑐠𑐾 𑐴𑐵𑐬𑐾 𑐩𑐔𑐵𑐂,” 𑐰𑐫𑑂‌𑐎𑐮𑑄 𑐢𑐵𑐂 𑑋 𑐠𑑂𑐰 𑐏𑑃 𑐩𑐿𑐣𑐵𑑄 𑐣𑑂𑐫𑐣𑐵𑐔𑑂𑐰𑐣𑐷 𑑋

𑐠𑑂𑐰 𑐥𑐵𑐮𑐫𑑂 𑐎𑐵𑐣𑑂𑐳𑐬𑐶 𑐰 𑐰𑐫𑐵 𑐥𑐵𑐳𑐵𑐥𑐶𑑄 𑐐𑐸𑑃𑐔𑑂𑐰𑐫𑑂 𑐥𑐵𑐏𑐵𑐔𑐵𑐫𑑂 𑐧𑐵𑐮𑐶 𑐫𑐵𑐂𑑋
𑐏𑐸𑐳𑐶𑐧𑐵𑑅 𑐰𑐂𑑋 𑐡𑐾𑐫𑑂‌𑐫𑐵 𑐧𑐵𑐮𑐶𑐣𑐵𑐮𑐶 𑐦𑐸𑐎𑑂𑐎 𑐔𑐸𑐂𑐎𑐷𑑋
𑐮𑑅 𑐐𑐸𑑃𑐔𑑂𑐰𑑄 𑐎𑑂𑐰𑐫𑑂 𑐖𑐎 𑐧𑐵𑑅𑐰𑑄𑐐𑐸𑐮𑐶𑑄 𑐎𑐵𑐣𑑂𑐳𑐬𑐶𑐫𑐵 𑐧𑐵𑐮𑐶 𑐖𑐎 𑐕𑐸𑑄 𑐖𑐸𑐂𑐩𑐏𑐸 𑑋

“𑐖𑐶𑑄 𑐡𑑂𑐰𑐮𑑄𑐡𑑂𑐰𑑅 𑐕𑐸𑑃𑐔𑐵 𑐕𑑂𑐰𑐫𑐵𑑅 𑐎𑐵𑐣𑑂𑐳𑐬𑐶𑐫𑐵 𑐧𑐵𑐮𑐶 𑐳𑑂𑐫𑑄𑐎𑐵𑐧𑐷𑐎𑐾𑑋” 𑐂𑐣𑑂𑐡𑑂𑐬𑑄 𑐩𑐾𑐐𑐸 𑐖𑐸𑐎𑑂𑐟𑐶 𑐫𑐵𑐂 𑑋
𑐩𑐿𑐣𑐵𑑄 𑐂𑐣𑑂𑐡𑑂𑐬𑐫𑐵 𑐖𑐸𑐎𑑂𑐟𑐶 𑐨𑑁𑐔𑐶𑐟 𑐎𑐣𑐷 𑑋
“𑐟𑐳𑐎𑑄 𑐧𑐵𑑄𑐮𑐵𑑅𑐐𑐸 𑐏𑑃 𑑋 𑐖𑐶𑑄 𑐖𑐶𑐩𑐶 𑐡𑐎𑑂𑐰 𑐥𑐵𑐳𑐵𑐥𑐶𑑄 𑐳𑑅𑐟𑐾 𑑋” 𑐨𑑁𑐔𑐵𑑄 𑐢𑐵𑐂𑑋 𑐣𑑂𑐴𑑂𑐫𑐵𑐎𑑂𑐰 𑐕𑐸𑑃 𑐰𑑅𑐳𑐵𑑄 𑐰 𑐦𑐸𑐎𑑂𑐎𑐳𑐶𑐟 𑐨𑑁𑐔𑐵𑐟𑐫𑑂‌𑐳𑑄 𑐕𑐩𑑂𑐴 𑐕𑐩𑑂𑐴 𑐫𑐵𑐣𑐵 𑐣𑐂 𑑋

𑐁𑑅𑐮𑐵 𑐂𑐣𑑂𑐡𑑂𑐬𑐣𑐵𑐥 𑐣𑑄 𑐕𑐸𑑄 𑐴𑐾 𑐄𑐥𑐵𑐫𑑂 (𑐖𑐸𑐎𑑂𑐟𑐶) 𑐩𑐣𑑂𑐟𑑋 “𑐖𑐶𑑄 𑐔𑐏𑐸𑑄𑐔𑐶𑐟 𑐕𑑂𑐰𑐫𑑂 𑑋 𑐔𑐏𑐸𑑄 𑐟𑐫𑑂‌𑐳𑑄 𑐫𑐵𑐣𑐵𑑅 𑐎𑐵𑐣𑑂𑐳𑐬𑐶𑐫𑐵 𑐕𑐸𑑄 𑐣𑑄 𑐧𑐵𑐮𑐶 𑐧𑐔𑐫𑑂 𑐫𑐵𑐫𑐾 𑐦𑐂𑐩𑐏𑐸 𑑋” 𑐰𑐫𑑂‌𑐎𑐮𑑄 𑐢𑐵𑐂𑑋

𑐩𑐵𑐎𑑅𑐔𑐵𑑄 𑐰𑐫𑐵 𑐥𑐵𑐳𑐵𑐥𑐶𑑄 𑐳𑑅𑐟𑐷𑑋 𑐄𑐩𑐶𑐳𑑄 𑐧𑐵𑐮𑐶𑐂 𑐔𑑂𑐫𑐵𑐥 𑐔𑑂𑐫𑐵𑐥 𑐔𑑂𑐰𑑄𑐐𑐸 𑐖𑐵𑐮𑐶𑑄 𑐨𑐸𑐣𑐷𑑋
𑐔𑐏𑐸𑑄𑐔𑐵 𑐰𑐫𑐵𑑅 𑐧𑐵𑐮𑐶 𑐣𑐫𑐾𑐟 𑐳𑑂𑐰𑐂𑐧𑐮𑐫𑑂 𑐠𑑅𑐥𑐶𑑄 𑐴𑐾 𑐖𑐵𑐮𑐷 𑐟:𑐎𑑂𑐫𑐣𑐷𑑋
𑐴𑐵𑐎𑐣𑑄 𑐎𑐵𑐣𑑂𑐳𑐬𑐶𑐫𑐵 𑐧𑐵𑐮𑐶 𑐧𑐔𑐾 𑐖𑐸𑐂 𑑋

𑐁: 𑐮𑐵 𑐖𑐸𑐖𑐸𑐫𑐵𑐟: 𑐗𑐣 𑐟:𑐢𑑄𑐐𑐸 𑐳𑐩𑐳𑑂𑐫𑐵 𑐖𑐸𑐮 𑑋 𑐏𑐜𑐾𑐬𑐶 𑐰 𑐏𑐸𑐳𑐶𑐧𑐵𑐮𑑄 𑐡𑐾𑐳𑐫𑑂 𑐫𑐎𑑂𑐰 𑐧𑐵𑐮𑐶𑐣𑐵𑐮𑐶 𑐳𑑂𑐫𑑄𑐎𑐵𑐧𑑂𑐫𑐹𑐐𑐸 𑐡𑐸𑑋
𑐰𑐫𑑂‌𑐎𑐮𑑄 𑐂𑐣𑑂𑐡𑑂𑐬𑐫𑐵𑐎𑐾 𑐐𑑂𑐰𑐴𑐵𑐮𑐶 𑐦𑑂𑐰𑐣𑐷 𑑋
“𑐕𑐶𑐟𑑅 𑐖𑐶𑐐𑐸 𑐐𑑂𑐰𑐴𑐵𑐮𑐶 𑐩𑐵𑐮𑐷𑐩𑐏𑐸,” 𑐂𑐣𑑂𑐡𑑂𑐬𑑄 𑐢𑐵𑐮, “𑐕𑐶𑐩𑐶 𑐩𑑂𑐴𑑂𑐫𑐵𑐫𑑂 𑐎𑐵𑐣𑑂𑐳𑐬𑐶𑑄 𑐣𑐫𑐾 𑐩𑐏𑑄𑐥𑐶𑑄 𑐩𑐣𑐹𑐟𑐫𑑂‌𑐟 𑐣𑐳𑐵 𑐖𑑂𑐰𑐮𑑄 𑐂𑐣𑐵𑐔𑑂𑐰𑑄𑐐𑐸 𑐡𑐸𑑋”

𑐂𑐣𑑂𑐡𑑂𑐬𑑄 𑐖𑐸𑐖𑐸𑐫𑐵𑐟 𑐐𑐸𑑃𑐂 𑐧𑑂𑐰𑐣𑐵𑐫𑐣𑐷𑑋 𑐀𑐣 𑐎𑐵𑐣𑑂𑐳𑐬𑐶 𑐰 𑐰𑐫𑐵 𑐥𑐵𑐳𑐵𑐥𑐶𑑄𑐳𑑄 𑐣𑐳𑐵𑐖𑑂𑐰𑐮𑑄 𑐂𑐣𑐵𑐔𑑂𑐰𑑄𑐣𑐷 𑑋

𑐖𑐸𑐖𑐸 𑐠𑐩𑑂𑐴𑑄 𑐠:𑐏𑐣𑐵𑑄 𑐩𑐕𑐵𑐮𑐷 𑑋 𑐩𑑂𑐴𑑂𑐫𑐵𑐫𑑂‌𑐫𑐵 𑐖𑑂𑐫𑐵 𑐏𑐣𑐵𑑅 𑐰 𑐟𑐳𑐎𑑄 𑐮𑐫𑑂‌‌𑐟𑐵𑐂 𑑋
“𑐐𑐣 𑐔𑑂𑐰𑐣 𑐀𑐣 𑐴𑐾 𑐮𑐵𑐫𑑂‌𑐎𑐹 𑐩𑐏𑐸𑐮𑐵 ? 𑐕𑐸 𑐢𑐫𑐵𑐡𑐷 𑐕𑐶𑑄 ?” 𑐂𑐣𑑂𑐡𑑂𑐬𑑄 𑐖𑐸𑐖𑐸𑐫𑐵𑐟 𑐢𑐵𑐂 𑑋

𑐖𑐸𑐖𑐸𑑄 𑐩𑑂𑐴𑑂𑐫𑐵𑐫𑑂‌𑐫𑐵𑐎𑐾 𑐎𑑂𑐲𑐩𑐵 𑐦𑑂𑐰𑐣𑐷 𑑋
𑐀𑐮𑐾 𑐩𑑂𑐴𑑂𑐫𑐵𑐫𑑂‌𑐫𑐵𑐟 𑐮𑐵𑐫𑑂‌𑐎𑐹 𑐳𑑅𑐟𑐷 𑑋

𑐰𑑄 𑐠𑑅 𑐀𑐧𑐸𑐫𑐵𑐟 𑐎𑑂𑐲𑐩𑐵 𑐧𑐷 𑑋 𑐀𑐫𑑂‌𑐳𑐵𑑄 𑐰 𑐮𑐵𑐫𑑂‌𑐎𑐸𑐮𑐷 𑐰𑐣𑐷𑐩𑐏𑐸 𑑋
𑐠𑑅𑐐𑐸 𑐴𑐾 𑐧𑐮𑑂𑐔𑐵𑐫𑑂 𑐰𑐫𑐵: 𑐥𑐵𑐳𑐵𑐥𑐶𑑄 𑐣𑐵𑐥 𑐮𑐳𑐟𑐵𑑄 𑐔𑑂𑐰𑐣𑐷 𑑋

𑐮𑐶𑐥𑐵 𑐎𑐵𑐣𑑂𑐳𑐬𑐶𑐫𑐵𑐟 “𑐖𑑂𑐫𑐵𑐥𑐸𑐣𑐷 𑐬𑐵𑐖𑐎𑐸𑐩𑐵𑐬𑐶” 𑐢𑐎𑐵𑑅 𑐳𑐎𑐳𑐶𑐣𑑄 𑐩𑑂𑐴𑐳𑐶𑐮 𑑋

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The Princess Farmer, author: Kuzhali Manickavel. Released under
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Contributing translators: Suresh Shakya