Once, a fishwife was a guest in the house of a
gardener who raised flowers. She came there with
her empty basket, after selling fish in the market,
and was asked to sleep in a room where flowers
were kept. But, because of the fragrance of the
flowers, she couldn't get to sleep for a long time!
She was restless and began to fidget about. Her
hostess saw her condition and said, "Hello! Why
are you tossing from side to side so restlessly?" The
fishwife said: "I don't know, friend. Perhaps
the smell of the flowers has been disturbing my
sleep. Can you give me my fish-basket? Perhaps
that will put me to sleep." The basket was brought
to her. She sprinkled water on it and set it near her
nose. Then she fell sound asleep and snored all
night.
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