The giant Kumbhakarna was a formidable sleeper.
He was a fearsome warrior
of Hindu legend. He rested his head on a mountain and his snores rattled the
heavens. When the armies of evil needed him in battle they found that waking
Kumbhakarna was a battle of its own.
All of them had to sting him with lances. Blarring horns and torrents of cold
water was all that could rouse him.
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