Armenian Literature by Anonymous
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person of the King of Kraput-Koch the memory of the Armenian prince
Skajordi. "We have neither father nor mother nor anyone beside," answered the brothers. And it came to pass that Sanassar became the King's _tschubuktschi_[6] and Abamelik his _haiwatschi,_[7] and they lived at the King's house a long time. [6] Pipe-bearer. [7] The servant who prepares the coffee. But Sanassar said one day to Abamelik: "We fatigued ourselves greatly with labor, yet was our house not finished. To-morrow make the King no coffee, nor will I hand him his pipe. Let us not appear before him to-morrow." When the King awoke, neither of them was near. He called the lads to him and said: "I asked you once if you had anyone belonging to you, either father or mother; and you said you had no one. Why, then, are you so sad?" And the brothers said: "Live long, O King! In truth, we have neither father nor mother. Even if we hide it from you we cannot hide it from God. We worked a little on a dwelling, but left the work unfinished and came away." And they told the King everything as it was. The heart of the King was grieved, and he said: "My children, if such is |
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