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157. The Bodhisatta And The Crocodile
Once upon a time when Brahmadatta was reigning in Benares, the Bodhisatta came to life again as a monkey. He was full-grown and enormously strong. He lived alone on the banks of a river. In the middle of the river was an island where all fruit-trees like mangoe and bread-fruit grew. And in mid-stream, half way between the island and the river bank, a solitary rock rose out of the water. The Bodhisatta used to leap from the bank on to this rock and then on to the island. He would eat the fruits that grew on the island, and return at evening by the way he came. And such was his life from day to day.
