The Gujjar Baby and the Sucking Thumb
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Once upon a time during the monsoon season a boy was borne to a mother of the nomadic Gujjar tribe in the Astore District. [As the family was very poor] the father asked the mother to dispose of the child since it was hard for them to take him along on the journey. The mother didn't do what she was told but instead she dug a hole and placed multiple layers of coils of grass and leaves of juniper tree in it. Subsequently, she placed the baby inside and left. After a year when the nomadic tribe returned the mother looked for her son who surprisingly was alive with his right thumb in his mouth. He had been sucking it so hard that the thumb had converted into a needle. She picked up her baby and moved on. Some believe that fairies fed the boy and some believe that the mountain was kind enough to protect and feed him.
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Ali shah
Andreas Bürkert
Martin Wiehle
Eva Schlecht
Ellen Hoffmann
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