Tag Archives: The Fox And The Greedy Brahmin

315. The Fox And The Greedy Brahmin

Once upon a time when Brahmadatta was reigning in Benares, the Bodhisatta was born a Tree sprite in a cemetery grove. In those days a festival was proclaimed in Benares, and the people resolved to sacrifice to the ogres. So they strewed fish and meat about courtyards, and streets, and other places, and set out great pots of strong drink. At midnight a jackal came into the town by the sewer, and ate the meat and liquor. Crawling into some bushes, he was fast asleep when morning dawned.