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198. The Bodhisatta And The Monkey Drop

Once upon a time, when Brahmadatta was king of Benares, the Bodhisatta was born into a Brahmin family in Kasi village. When he grew of age, married and settled down. Now in those days there was a deep well by the highway in Kasi, which had no way down to it. The people who passed by that way, to win merit, used to draw water by a long rope and a bucket, and fill a trough for the animals; thus they gave the animals water to drink. All around lay a mighty forest, wherein troops of monkeys dwelt.