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171. The Bodhisatta And The Foal

Once upon a time, when Brahmadatta was king of Benares, that the Bodhisatta was born into a trader’s family. Five hundred people of that country, horse-dealers, used to convey horses to Benares, and sell them there.

Now a dealer took the road to Benares with five hundred horses for sale. On this road, not far Benares, there is a town, where had formerly lived a rich merchant. A vast dwelling once was his; but his family had gradually gone down in the world, and only one old woman was left, who lived in the family house. The dealer took up his lodging for a certain hire in that house, and kept his horses.