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The mighty Kalpoor of Swat had a shrewd suspicion that as a raconteur of humorous stories he had quite a bit on the justly famed Joe Miller. The Kalpoor liked everybody to be cheerful about... See full summary

The mighty Kalpoor of Swat had a shrewd suspicion that as a raconteur of humorous stories he had quite a bit on the justly famed Joe Miller. The Kalpoor liked everybody to be cheerful about him and he particularly liked everybody to explode in roars of laughter whenever he cracked a joke. Nur-ed-Din was a peculiarly poetic poet. Because he was so particularly peculiar and poetic, and also because he was desperately in love with the Princess Zulika, it happened that he one day failed to laugh at one of the Kalpoor's witticisms. The justly incensed potentate immediately exiled the poet from his court. Some weeks later, the light of Asia, the Mighty Elephant, the Kalpoor of Swat, placed his saintly foot on an ordinary pebble and leaped into the air with a loud and particularly devout exclamation. The idea that his austere and roseate foot should thus be subject to indignity from such lowly objects as pebbles struck the Kalpoor as a distinct reflection on the existing condition of things....