Excerpt from Tales That Are Told Little Kudah Bux was never conscious of his loss, for his stepmothers adored him and omitted no precaution that might conduce to his present and future safety. At the time of his birth the midwife was enjoined to be careful that she announced him as a one-eyed girl, so that the jealousy of evil spirits might be averted. For the same reason he was dressed in girl's clothes for a short period. Great care was exercised over the naming of the child the Koran was opened haphazard, and the first letter of the first word in the third line of the page was adopted as an initial, the happy result being the appropriate name Kudah Bux, or Bakhsh to give the correct spelling, which means Gift of God. When he was old enough to vary his milk diet, the rite of salt-tasting was observed, and when he was five years old he repeated after the priest the opening chapters of the Koran, and a great feast was given to celebrate the event.

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