The Widow's Prayer and the Cow

For the #RamadanReadathon at Twitter, I want to highlight some story collections that people might enjoy reading, featuring free full-text books online; here are all the books I've featured so far, including a 100-word story for each one too.

So, today's book is Eastern Legends and Stories in English Verse by Norton Powlett. See details below, and here is a story from that collection:

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The Widow's Prayer and the Cow

An elderly widow saw that her daughter's health was failing, so she prayed to God to take her life instead.
Meanwhile, as she was praying, a cow wandered into the kitchen and stuck her nose into a pot full of broth. The pot stuck to the cow's nose, which terrified the cow. Tossing her head this way and that, the cow ran wildly through the house.
When the old woman saw this monstrosity, she feared it was the Angel of Death in answer to her prayer. "Not me! Not me!" she screamed. "You want my daughter; that's her bedroom there!"

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You can find a longer version of that story, and many other stories besides, in the online book, which is available at Internet Archive, Hathi Trust, and Google Books.