[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Foreign](https://indike.org/pramana/inf) › [Islamic world](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.isl) › [Persian](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.isl.fa) › [Story books adapted from India](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.isl.fa.qissa) › [سندبادنامه](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.isl.fa.qissa.sindbadnama) › [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.isl.fa.qissa.sindbadnama~en-mt) › 209.27 # سندبادنامه 209.27 English (machine translation) 209.27 - **Language:** English ### [209.27](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.isl.fa.qissa.sindbadnama~en-mt.209.27) The Tale of the Washerman, His Son, the Donkey, and the Whirlpool Now this washerman used to wash clothes on the bank of a large stream, and in this stream were deep whirlpools and profound basins, and powerful torrents continually flowed through it. used to flow. Whenever the bleacher became engaged in work, the mad son, under the pretext of catching fish, would fling himself like a snake into the water and swim like a frog. However much the bleacher cried out more loudly, he would go nearer to the middle. The father, fearful and apprehensive that he might suddenly fall into a whirlpool or a sea-monster might make toward him, \[called to him, but\] he would not listen to his words, nor give a place of acceptance in his ear to his counsel, which was pure affection: - [Previous: 209.18](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.isl.fa.qissa.sindbadnama~en-mt.209.18) - [Next: 210.1](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.isl.fa.qissa.sindbadnama~en-mt.210.1) - [Up: 209](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.isl.fa.qissa.sindbadnama~en-mt.209) ## Linked texts (1) - [سندبادنامه](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.isl.fa.qissa.sindbadnama.209.27) — Ẓahīrī Samarqandī, Persian --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/inf.isl.fa.qissa.sindbadnama~en-mt.209.27](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.isl.fa.qissa.sindbadnama~en-mt.209.27) · Pramāṇa