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Grandma's Stories
His parents were told he would die at sixteen. They chose him anyway, and never told him.
Long ago there lived a husband and wife, Mrikandu and Marudvati. They wanted a child for years and years. No child came.
So they prayed to Shiva. They prayed a very long time. And one day Shiva came.
The rest of this story, read aloud, and a new one every day.