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    The Unwelcome Guests

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    This folktale from Tamil Nadu is about a poor but generous man named Ponnan who often invited strangers into his home for meals, much to the dismay of his wife. One day, two men approached their home hoping for another free meal. Ponnan's wife devised a plan to scare them away by pretending their mortar and pestle was a deity that demanded human blood sacrifices. She told the terrified men that Ponnan would bash their heads with the pestle to draw blood for the deity. The men fled in terror and never accepted Ponnan's invitations again.

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    The Unwelcome Guests

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    This folktale from Tamil Nadu is about a poor but generous man named Ponnan who often invited strangers into his home for meals, much to the dismay of his wife. One day, two men approached their home hoping for another free meal. Ponnan's wife devised a plan to scare them away by pretending their mortar and pestle was a deity that demanded human blood sacrifices. She told the terrified men that Ponnan would bash their heads with the pestle to draw blood for the deity. The men fled in terror and never accepted Ponnan's invitations again.

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    This folktale from Tamil Nadu is about a poor but generous man named Ponnan who often invited strangers into his home for meals, much to the dismay of his wife. One day, two men approached their home hoping for another free meal. Ponnan's wife devised a plan to scare them away by pretending their mortar and pestle was a deity that demanded human blood sacrifices. She told the terrified men that Ponnan would bash their heads with the pestle to draw blood for the deity. The men fled in terror and never accepted Ponnan's invitations again.

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    The Unwelcome Guests

    Uploaded by

    Sudharshini Sridharan
    This folktale from Tamil Nadu is about a poor but generous man named Ponnan who often invited strangers into his home for meals, much to the dismay of his wife. One day, two men approached their home hoping for another free meal. Ponnan's wife devised a plan to scare them away by pretending their mortar and pestle was a deity that demanded human blood sacrifices. She told the terrified men that Ponnan would bash their heads with the pestle to draw blood for the deity. The men fled in terror and never accepted Ponnan's invitations again.

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    THE UNWELCOME GUESTS

    i 'm goi'n to talk about a traditional tale from the villages of tamilnadu called the unwelcomed guests

    Once upon a time, there lived a very poor but generous man named Ponnan who always shared the
    little money and food, he had with people he hardly even knew. His wife would despair over this.

    "Please think of your family first! You bring random strangers home for meals! Do you want us to
    starve to death?" she would lament.

    One morning, Ponnan set off for work. His wife was thinking about how to change her husband's
    ways and she looked out of the window and saw two men walking towards the hut, talking and
    rubbing their stomachs in anticipation. "Oh God! Not again! I'm sure Ponnan has invited them home
    for lunch!" she fumed. "I have to do something to stop this nonsense today!"

    She looked around and saw a mortar and pestle that she used to pound rice. An idea struck her.
    "Hmm--- my idea might work," she thought, shrewdly. She quickly dragged the mortar and pestle to
    the center of the hut cleaned it ,applied saffron paste and garland to the top of the mortar. Now it
    looked like someone had been worshipping the mortar and pestle.

    She sat in front of it and started to chant mantras, keeping her ears open for the men. The men soon
    entered the hut, hoping for a scrumptious free meal. . Ponnan's wife welcomed them warmly. They
    were pleased by her warm welcome, but stopped short when they saw the mortar and pestle
    adorned on the floor.

    "What is this? asked one man, puzzled. "Are you worshipping a mortar and pestle?" asked the other
    man. The wife smiled. "Didn't my husband tell you?" asked the wife innocently. It is his deity"It
    demands human blood!"said the wife.

    what do you mean?" asked one man, uneasily.


    . "My husband invites guests home and he starts to hit them on the head with the pestle, drawing as
    much blood as he can. Then he offers the blood to the deity. ,she said calmly." The men went
    speechless with terror.

    The terrified men raced out of the house just as Ponnan was entering. "What happened?" he asked
    his wife. "They wanted the pestle," she said, "but I wouldn't give it." "You fool! Why didn't you let
    them have it?" said Ponnan.

    Picking up the pestle, he ran after them. "Come back! Take the pestle!" he shouted. The frightened
    men thought he was coming to bash their heads and ran faster, after that, no one accepted Ponnan's
    invitations ever again and it puzzled him. But his wife kept the secret all to herself.

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