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336. The Oxen and The Pig

Once upon a time when Brahmadatta was reigning in Benares, the Bodhisatta came to life as an ox, named Big Red. And he had a younger brother who was known as Little Red. There were only these two brothers to do all the draught work of the family. Also, the squire had an only daughter, whose hand was asked in marriage for his son by a gentleman of the town. And the parents of the girl, with a view to furnishing dainty fare for the wedding guests, began to fatten up a pig named Munika.