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79. The Bodhisatta – As An Iguana

Once upon a time when Brahmadatta was reigning in Benares, the Bodhisatta was born an iguana. When he grew up he lived in a big burrow in the river bank with a following of many hundreds of other iguanas. Now the Bodhisatta had a son, a young iguana, who was in friendship with a chameleon, whom he used to clip and embrace. This intimacy being reported to the iguana king.