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318. The Gardening Monkeys

Once on a time when Brahmadatta was king of Benares, a festival was proclaimed in the city; and at the first summoning notes of the festal drum out poured the townsfolk to keep holiday.

Now in those days, a tribe of monkeys was living in the king’s garden; and the king’s gardener thought to himself, “Festival is celebrated in the city. I’ll get the monkeys to do the watering for me, and go to enjoy myself with the rest.” So saying, he went to the king of the monkeys, and said,”I am going to city for celebration. Couldn’t you water the young trees while I’m away?”