BRX1-2010030202 - A story of a widow sister

There were seven brothers in a village. They had a widow sister who they brought after her husband's expiry to live just next to them. She had her only son and they used to live by selling milk. The cow she had was very cunning and used to go away at night to eat up things that belonged to her brothers. When complained she didn't believe it because whenever they searched for the cow, it was found tied to a post in the cowshed. One day her brothers caught the cow and beaten to death. The sister was helpless. Her son knew that the cow-skin was useful and some people buy it to make shoes, etc. So, he took the skin to the market. While he was on the way, a bird came near him and dropped a bag containing a lot of money. He left the cow-skin there and took the bag with full of money home. They were counting the money when the wife of one of the seven brothers saw them. On enquiry she was told that they got the money from selling the cow-skin. When the brothers came to know about this, they became greedy and decided to kill their own cows and sell the skin to be rich. When they took the skin to a market, no one bought it. So they became angry with their sister and decided to set fire the house along with herself and her only son. When she heard about their brothers' plan she and her son digged the ground inside her house to hide. Her brothers really burnt her house down, but they survived. Her brothers now decided to kill their nephew. They took him inside a sack to a deep river through a jungle. On the way they became thirsty, so went in search of water to drink. At that moment, a postman came by the way with a horse. Seeing the sack he went near it and talked to the boy. The boy was intelligent and by his oratory skill and tricks, put the postman under the sack and left the place taking his horse. The brothers took the postman to the river and threw him into the river. When they returned home they were surprised to see their nephew and the beautiful horse. The boy told them that there were many beautiful horses inside the river, so he just picked one. He told them that they could also bring horses of their choice if they went inside the water. They believed him and went to the river. The nephew then put each one of them inside sack on their permission and pushed down into the deep river one by one. They all died. He returned home and told his aunts that their husbands were all dead and they should be prepared to lead rest of their lives as a widow like his mother. Duration 00.18.00. Speaker name Rupendra Lahary. Location Bishmuri, Kokrajhar. . Language as given:

某村庄中共有七兄弟。他们有一位寡居的妹妹，丈夫离世后，兄长们将她接来，安置在自家毗邻之处。妹妹膝下仅有一子，母子二人依靠售卖牛乳维持生计。她饲养的母牛十分狡黠，每至夜间便溜出圈舍，啃食兄长们的财物。兄长们屡次向她投诉此事，她却始终不信——因为每当众人前去搜寻母牛时，它都被牢牢拴在牛棚的桩柱之上。一日，兄长们捉住这头母牛，将其打死。妹妹对此束手无策。她的儿子知晓牛皮颇具实用价值，常有商人收购以制作鞋履等器物，于是携牛皮前往集市。途中，一只飞鸟落在他身旁，丢下一个装满银两的布囊。他当即丢下牛皮，携满载钱财的布囊返回家中。母子二人正清点钱财时，七兄弟中某一位的妻子恰好瞥见了他们。经询问，二人告知钱财乃是售卖牛皮所得。兄长们得知此事后心生贪念，决意宰杀自家的母牛，通过售卖牛皮以致富。然而当他们携牛皮前往集市时，却无人愿意收购。盛怒之下，他们迁怒于妹妹，决意纵火烧毁其房屋，将她与幼子一并烧死。妹妹听闻兄长们的阴谋后，立刻与儿子在屋内挖掘地道藏身。兄长们果真烧毁了房屋，但母子二人得以幸存。随后，兄长们决意加害外甥。他们将外甥装入麻袋，穿过丛林带至一处深河边。途中众人口渴难耐，便前去寻找水源。此时，一名骑马的邮差途经此处。他望见麻袋，便上前查看并与男孩交谈。男孩聪慧机敏，凭借口才与计谋将邮差骗入麻袋之中，随后骑上邮差的马匹离去。兄长们返回后，将装有邮差的麻袋抛入河中。待他们返家，却惊见外甥与那匹骏马安然无恙。男孩告诉他们，河中有着众多俊马，自己不过随手挑选了一匹。他还怂恿兄长们若亲自入水，便可挑选心仪的马匹。兄长们信以为真，纷纷前往河边。男孩征得他们同意后，将每人依次装入麻袋，推入深河之中，七兄弟尽数溺亡。男孩返家后，告知七位嫂嫂她们的丈夫均已身亡，劝她们如同自己的母亲一般，以寡妇之姿度过余生。该音频时长为00:18:00，讲述者为鲁彭德拉·拉哈里（Rupendra Lahary），采集地点为比什穆里（Bishmuri）、科克拉贾尔（Kokrajhar），语言如前文所述。