THE GOLDEN STAG

Lakshmana said, "This is no ordinary animal. This is a trick of the Raakshasas."

But Seeta said: "Do catch this deer for me. We shall bring it up as a pet in the aashrama. This is the most beautiful creature.

I have so far seen in this forest. Look! Do look at it: What colour! What playfulness!"

And so she went on, talking of the deer and desiring to possess it. And she pleaded, "Do somehow catch it for me."

She begged Raama; "Soon we shall have to return to the city. Should we not take some rare thing from the forest to Ayodhya? How beautiful it will be, this exquisite creature moving in the inner apartments of our palace? Bharata would be so pleased. I should love to give it to him. Do my beloved, catch it for me. Somehow catch it for me,"

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