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the horse he was riding and helped her to remove the thorns. He covered

the injured foot with a piece of cloth. This stopped the oozing of the

blood.

The king fell in love with the gypsy lady. He got married to her and started

living with her in the Red palace, which the first wife of the king got in

dowry. Queen Rajani was jealous of Avantika and started planning and

plotting against her. Day and night she used to think of the plans. Suddenly

an idea struck her. She mixed poison in the sweets and sent through a

soldier. She said it was to welcome and congratulate her for her marriage

to the king.

There was a man named Ali in the palace. He was very honest and loyal

to the king. He lived with his family in a hut. He had a daughter named

Gauri. The soldier who brought the sweets for Queen Avantika gave it to

Gauri to give it to the queen. She took it to the new queen. Avantika had

a bite of the sweet and then gave the rest to Gauri.

The girl was happy to have it. As soon as she had it she started coughing.

Ali’s father means Gauri’s grandfather was Raj Vaidya. He checked Gauri

and saved her life. He threw away the sweets. They knew that Queen

Avantika had eaten those sweets. Doctor along with Ali went to the queen

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