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103. THE SNAKE IN THE ANTHILL AND THE SNAKE IN THE BELLY OF THE PRINCE

In a certain town, there lived a king, by the name of Devashakti. He had a son, who grew leaner and leaner everyday, for he had a snake in his stomach. In spite of several treatments by well-know physicians, he was not cured at all. Thoroughly fed up with his life, the prince went to a town in another kingdom, where he lived in a temple and maintained himself by begging for alms.