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Aug 10, 2010
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I just read a very different version of this story in The Barefoot Book of Earth Tales. In Deborah Lee Rose's version, Amrita is an adult rather than a child, when she helps to save the trees. Also, in Rose's version, the Maharajah is angry at first that his plans have been thwarted, rather than in admiration of the women's bravery. I suspect Rose's tale is closer to the historical truth, whereas the version presented in The Barefoot Book of Earth Tales is toned down and shortened for a younger
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