In a certain town, there lived an old merchant, by the name of Kamatura. After the death of his wife, he became so lovesick that he gave a lot of money to another merchant, so that he could marry his young daughter. However, his new wife was very unhappy and would not even look at her old husband. This is quite understandable.

Now one night, as the young wife was lying in bed with her face turned away from her husband, a thief crept into the house. The girl was so terrified when she saw him that she turned and clasped her husband fervently. The old man was delighted beyond words but thought to himself, ‘I wonder how it is that she is hugging me so tight. There must be a reason.’

He was peering cautiously about the room when he caught sight of the thief in the corner. Then he realized that she was hugging him because she was afraid of the thief. So he cried out to the thief. ‘My benefactor! Thank you! This woman was avoiding me but today she is hugging me lovingly in her arms! My good fellow, take away whatever you want.’

“Well”, replied the thief, ‘I can’t see anything here worth stealing at the moment but I’ll surely come back some other time to try my luck and to oblige you, in case your wife does not continue to behave lovingly towards you.’

❖ Sometimes even you enemy can be beneficial to you.