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20. THE BRAHMIN, THE THIEF AND THE RAKSHASA

In a certain town, lived a Brahmin name Drona. He gave up wearing fine clothes, using perfumes and all the other luxuries of life.
His hair and nails grew long and his body lean, due to his rigorous discipline in the cold, hot and rainy seasons. A certain devotee of his, out of sheer pity, presented him with a pair of young calves.

Right from the beginning the Brahmin fed them well and they grew fat in due course. A thief saw these two calves and he thought to himself. ‘This very day, I shall steal away these two calves belonging to the Brahmin.’ So he took a rope to tie them up and started off. On the way, he met a Demon of hideous appearance. His teeth stuck out of his mouth, his nose was long, his eyes burnt frighteningly with fire, he had knotty muscles and a glowing red beard.