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    Nazar the Brave

    Once upon a time, there was a

    pathetic man called Nazar. He was

    feebleminded, lazy and

    filthy. He was also a coward, so

    fearful of everything that hewould not take the smallest step,

    even if you killed him. From dawn

    to dusk he would stay by his

    wifes side, going out only whenshe would go out and return only

    when she would come back. !hat is

    why he was known as Nazar the

    "oward.

    One evening Nazar steps out the

    door with his wife and finds a

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    bright full moon and e#claims$

    % &ow' &hat a night' (ts a

    night perfect to go out and rob a

    caravan. ( am craving to loot the

    kings wagon train coming from

    (ndia and bring back stuff and

    fill up our home with goodies.)%*hut up and stay where you

    are) says his wife,

    ) +ou a robber Ha')

    % -re you insane woman &hy am (

    not able to go and rob a caravan

    and bring back the loot &hat

    kind of a man will allow his wife

    talk like that in his presence)

    -s he continues with his

    argument, his wife goes inside

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    and shuts the door, leaving him

    outside in the cold. %amn you

    coward, now let us see you go and

    rob a caravan)

    *o, Nazar remains stranded

    outside the door. He almost meltsaway with fear. espite all the

    pleadings, his wife wont let

    him in. Hopeless and in despair,

    having no other choice, he s/uats

    under a wall, shivering all

    night, deep into thoughts. -t

    dawn he waits for his wife to

    take him back into the house.

    (t was a hot and humid day full

    of restless flies. Nazar, being a

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    with a stupid woman like her.)

    He stands up and goes strait to

    the village priest. % Bless me

    Father, have you ever heard such

    a thing) and he tells him about

    his bravery and announces that heis leaving his wife. He asks the

    priest to write about his

    accomplishment, so everyone will

    know it and such an act will not

    be forgotten. -s a prank the

    priest picks up a piece of cloth,

    writes and hands him this note$

    %0ndefeated hero, our Nazar the

    Brave,

    1ills thousands with a hands

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    wave)

    Nazar hangs the note on top of a

    wooden stick, holds it up like a

    flag, hangs a rusted, old saber

    on his belt, mounts a neighbors

    ass and leaves the village.

    Once on the road, with no

    destination in mind, Nazar keeps

    going absentmindedly. -fter a

    while, looking back and not

    seeing the village he is taken by

    panic. !rying to calm down he

    starts to murmur under his nose,

    talk to himself and gets angry at

    the ass. !he more he goes, the

    more fearful he becomes. !he more

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    fearful, the louder he gets.

    His shouting and cursing

    irritates the ass which stats to

    neigh real hard. !heir noise

    begins to disturb and shoo the

    birds off the trees. 2abbits runout the bushes, frogs leap off

    and disappear in the brooks.

    -s he enters the woods, he starts

    to think that beasts and bandits

    will 3ump out from behind every

    bush or tree or boulder and

    attack him. !his feeling makes

    him holler and shout so

    4oudly, no one has ever heard.

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    4o and behold at that moment a

    nearby villager walking by his

    horse hears this entire

    hullabaloo. Frightened he lets go

    of the horse and runs away

    thinking, % &ho could tell that

    my end was to happen here. !hesemust be bunch of ruthless

    outlaws.)

    Finding the horse, Nazar takes

    the rein and mounts it, leaving

    behind the ass and continues to

    shout and go. -fter a while he

    ends up in a village that he did

    not recognize. He hears a

    cheerful music coming from a

    house so he goes close. !here was

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    a wedding celebration in there.

    0pon seeing a stranger guest, the

    host asks him to come in and 3oin

    the feast. %+ou are 5ods guest

    and are most welcome.)

    He is taken inside and is placed

    at the head of the table with hisflagpole and is served foods and

    drinks, the kind he had never

    imagined.

    *oon, the guests became curious

    as who this stranger might be.

    One by one they start asking the

    ne#t one until it reaches the

    priest sitting at the other end

    of the table who reads the note

    on Nazars flagpole6

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    %0ndefeated hero, our Nazar

    the Brave,

    1ills thousands with a hands

    wave)

    -mazed and startled the priest

    murmurs to the ne#t person who inturn tells to the ne#t one and

    thus the word reaches all the

    guests that this is the guy

    himself, the notorious$

    %0ndefeated hero, our Nazar

    the Brave,

    1ills thousands with a hands

    wave)

    %Hey' (ts Nazar) shouts a

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    pretentious man, %how he has

    changed' ( almost did not

    recognize him.) !hen a few

    others 3oin in and tell each

    other about Nazars acts of

    bravery, their days of friendship

    and camaraderie together, etc.

    %*o how come such a prominent

    man does not have a valet) ask

    a few.% &ell he is a humble man

    and doesnt want to walk around

    with subordinates. Once ( asked

    him about it and he told me that

    he does not need a few lowly

    sub3ects because the whole world

    is his subservient.) %*o how

    come he doesnt have a proper

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    sword instead of that rusty

    dagger he has on his belt)

    %!hats where lies his genius

    of being able to kill a thousand

    with a piece of rusted metal. -ny

    hero can kill many with a proper

    sword.)

    -nd so, the audience stood up in

    amazement and toasted to his

    health. !he one learned one among

    them gave a speech, saying that

    they had always heard about his

    legacy and always prayed to see

    him someday. %-nd now finally we

    have the good fortune to see you

    in person.)

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    Nazar sighs and waves his hand

    making everyone look at each

    other wondering about how deep a

    meaning he wants to convey. !here

    and then a poet among them

    improvises a poem, stands up and

    recites the following$

    &elcome to you a thousand

    times

    !he great eagle of the heights

    "rown 3ewel of all knights

    %0ndefeated hero, our Nazar

    the Brave,

    1ills thousands with a hands

    wave)

    7rotector of the meek and

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    penniless

    +oull save us from the

    pitiless

    4iberator from merciless

    %0ndefeated hero, our Nazar

    the Brave,

    1ills thousands with a handswave)

    !o sacrifice ourselves for you

    is our word

    also for your horse and your

    sword

    (n this, we are all in accord

    %0ndefeated hero, our Nazar

    the Brave,

    1ills thousands with a hands

    wave)

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    *o the wedding party disperses

    and spreads

    the word. !hey keep talking about

    his amazing braveries and his

    awesome appearance. From then on,

    they name their newborn sons$Nazar.

    4eaving the wedding, Nazar

    continues his so3ourn until he

    arrives at a grassland. He lets

    loose the hoarse to graze, sticks

    his flag on the ground and lies

    down under its shade and starts

    to snooze.

    4o and behold these lands

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    belonged to seven bandit

    brothers, each one a colossus, a

    goliath. !heir castle was on the

    top of a nearby hill. *oon they

    noticed that a trespasser is

    lounging on their land. &ho could

    be so fearless to brave enteringtheir property and letting loose

    his horse to roam about.

    7icking up their giant bats they

    come to kill him. -s they get

    closer they see a man is asleep

    under a banner that reads$

    %0ndefeated hero, our Nazar

    the Brave,

    1ills thousands with a hands

    wave)

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    %&ow, this is the infamous Nazar

    the Brave) they declare in

    horror since the word from the

    wedding guests had reached them

    too. !hus frozen by fear, they

    wait until Nazar wakes up.-s he opens his eyes and sees

    that he is surrounded by seven

    giant ogres with monstrous bats,

    he becomes limp and begins to

    tremble with fright 3ust like the

    autumn leaves. !hinking that his

    trembling is due to e#treme anger

    and sign of his intent to kill

    all seven of them for disturbing

    his rest, the seven brothers fall

    to their knees and beg for mercy

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    and forgiveness$

    %0ndefeated hero, our Nazar

    the Brave,

    1ills thousands with a hands

    wave)

    %&e have heard your noble name

    and were hoping to see you. Now

    we feel honored that you have

    come to us on your own. &e, seven

    humble brothers are at your

    service and would like to invite

    you to break bread with us and

    our beautiful sister in our

    castle there on top of the

    hill.)

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    Finally Nazars breath returns,

    he picks up the flag, mounts his

    horse and follows the seven

    brothers to their castle. !here,

    they give him the treatment

    befitting a king. 0nder the spell

    of all the praise he gets for hisbravery, their sister falls in

    love with Nazar and they get

    engaged.

    -t this time there appears a

    monstrous tiger in the area,

    making everyone in the region

    e#tremely fearful. &ell, who is

    the best person to take care of

    this problem besides Nazar the

    5reat 8veryone looks up to him

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    to kill the tiger.

    -s soon as Nazar hears about the

    tiger, he dashes out to run back

    to his own home but everyone else

    thinks that he is in a rush to

    kill the tiger. His fianc9 runs

    after him and pleads not to gowithout proper weapon. *he brings

    one for him so that he will kill

    the tiger and adds one more

    credits to his accomplishments.

    Nazar takes the weapon and runs

    to the woods and climbs a tree in

    the hope not to get caught by the

    tiger. He crouches on a high

    branch, scared to death. 4o and

    behold the tiger roaming around

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    ends up lying down right under

    that same tree branch. Once Nazar

    spots the tiger he goes limp with

    fear and falls down on the poor

    creature with a thud. *tartled

    with this une#pected situation

    the tiger 3umps up and runs withNazar clinging to his back, now

    completely lost in fear and

    unaware of what he has grabbed.

    !he frantic tiger keeps running

    everywhere, up the hills, down

    the valleys into the woods etc.

    0pon seeing this unbelievable

    act$ Nazar riding the tiger,

    villagers start hollering

    %Hurry, come and look. Nazar the

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    5reat has caught the tiger and

    subdued it like his own horse.)

    !hey all gather whatever weapons

    they had and attack the beast

    killing it.

    Once Nazar gathers his composurehe says) why did you kill it (

    had planned to ride it here and

    there as my stallion. )!he news

    reaches the castle. :en, women,

    kids of all ages gather to

    welcome him and sing in his

    praise$

    (n this world

    -mong the men

    &ho can be your e/ual

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    O Nazar the Brave

    4ike a vulture

    4ightening and fire

    From the mount you appeared

    O Nazar the Brave

    !he strong tiger

    !hat became your stallion

    +ou mounted and crossed mountains

    O Nazar the Brave

    +ou saved us

    +ou redeemed us

    Honor and pride be yours forever

    O Nazar the Brave

    -nd they married the seven

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    giants sister to him. &edding

    celebration lasted seven days and

    seven nights. !hey sang praises

    for the bride and groom and they

    called them 1ing and ;uinn.

    :oonlight rose above the

    mountains

    &ho did it resemble

    :oonlight rose above the

    mountains

    (t was Nazar the Brave.

    *unshine spread its golden rays

    &ho did it resemble

    *unshine spread its golden rays

    (t was Nazar the Brave.

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    "ongratulations, congratulations.

    Felicitations to our Nazar the

    Brave

    !o his love bird, felicitations

    "ongratulations to the whole

    world.

    But dont you know that the girl

    was promised to marry the king of

    a nearby land. &hen this king

    finds out that she has been

    married to someone else, he

    mobilizes his army and declares

    war on the seven brothers. !he

    brothers appeal to Nazar for

    directions and leadership.

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    -s soon as Nazar hears about the

    armed conflict, he dashes out to

    run back to his own home but

    everyone else thinks that he is

    in a rush to attack the

    approaching army. !hey try to

    block him,they grab him and ask him not to

    go without ammunition all by

    himself and possibly get killed.

    Finally they arm him the best

    they could. His wife asks her

    brothers to look out for his

    safety. !he e#cited villagers

    place Nazar on a stallion and

    with loud cheers and battle hymns

    start their noisy march.

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    - few spies send the news that

    Nazar the 5reat is coming fast

    surrounded by others who wont

    let him attack all by himself. -s

    soon as he gets settled on the

    saddle, the horse realizing what

    a novice is on it, takes off likea lightening and heads directly

    towards the enemy. !he villagers

    thinking that Nazar has begun the

    assault, calling %-ttack,

    attack) follow him towards the

    battleground.

    Nazar realizing the danger

    e#tends his arm to grab a large

    tree branch to 3ump off the horse

    and run away but that branch was

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    a dead and rotten one. (t breaks

    off and stays in his hand. !he

    opposing army who was already

    fearful of fighting Nazar the

    Brave, upon seeing him breaking

    and holding this large branch,

    lose all their remaining courageand start their retreat trying to

    save themselves from the wrath of

    this giant of a warrior who is

    coming, uprooting the forest in

    his way. !hey fall on their knees

    and beg for his mercy and e#press

    their sincere devotion to him

    promising to forever remain his

    sub3ects.

    0pon returning from the battle,

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    Nazar is greeted by the cheers

    and praises of the elated

    villagers who sing songs of

    victory and gets decorated with

    garlands. !he elders approach him

    with flowers and give speeches

    for his bravery while he remainsbaffled with all this hoopla.

    Finally they appoint him as 1ing

    and place him on the throne with

    pomp and ceremony. -s 1ing, he

    elects each one of the seven

    brothers for different government

    posts and realizes that he has

    the world in his fist.

    !hey say that to this date, Nazar

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    lives and rules his kingdom.

    &henever there is talk about

    wisdom and bravery he thinks$

    )&hat are you talking about

    &hat intelligence &hat bravery

    &hat skill (ts all about luck.

    (f you are lucky go have fun.)-nd it is said that to this date

    Nazar the Brave continues to have

    fun and keeps laughing at the

    world.

    &ritten by Hovhannes !oumanian

    !ranslated by Hayk 1aftarian ?

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