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The parrot addresses Khujasta at the beginning of the thirty-first night, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot)

Cleveland Museum of Art

A room with a blue tiled floor and a red brick wall. A man with brown skin and long black hair wears an orange dhoti and a white top. He sits on the floor facing a green bird on a stand. The man holds a piece of paper and a pen. The bird faces the man on the right. A white kettle sits on a ledge on the left. The room has a tiled roof with colorful fabric on top. Red, pink, blue and white tiles cover the walls, floor and ledges. Greenery grows over the wall behind. A wall with black text written in brown ink is at the top.

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