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Tales of the Gods

The Fish That Outgrew Every Container

He tipped his hands to let the minnow go, and it asked him not to. It was the smallest favour anyone had ever asked him.

The fish was small enough to sit in his cupped hands, and it was talking.

Satyavrata was standing waist-deep in the Kritamala, doing the water offering for his ancestors. An ordinary morning. A rite he had performed thousands of times.

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