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THE KING OF

With a mere breath you can blow out the flame which a lamp inherits from the sun, but if all the world blow upon the sun itself its effulgence remains undimmed and unimpaired as before.

Enter Vishvavasu and Virupaksha

Vishu

Here's Grandfather! Look here, this man is going about telling everybody that our King does not come out because he is ugly.

Grandfather

But why does that make you angry, Vishu? His King must be ugly, because how else could Virupaksha possess such features in his kingdom? He fashions his King after the image of himself he sees in the mirror.