29. THE CAT AND THE HARE AND THE PARTRIDGE
As related by a partridge:
“One upon a time, I was living in a certain tree. In the hollow, at the foot of the tree, lived a partridge, by the name Kapinjala. In the course of time, we became good friends. Every day, at sunset, we would return home and tell each other stories about the holy men and such things, and talk over together about what had happened during the day. In this way, we passed our time very nicely.
28. THE CAPSELLER AND THE MONKEYS
Once upon a time, a cap seller was travelling by walk through a forest to a nearby village. It was a very sunny day so he decided to lie down under a tree and take rest for sometime till the sun sets down. As he was very tired he slept quickly.
When he was sleeping a group of monkeys came down the tree and pulled the cap seller’s bag. They opened the bag and found the colorful caps inside it. The monkeys picked up the caps and climbed back up the trees. The cap seller woke up after sometime and was shocked to find his opened bag and the monkeys all having his caps.
27. THE CAMEL WITH A BELL ROUND HIS NECK
In a certain town, there lived a cart-maker, by the name of Ujjwalaka. As he got no contracts, he became very poor and he thought to himself, ‘To hell with this poverty! All the other people in this town are engaged in one job or the other but I don’t get any suitable work.
Everybody else owns four- storyed buildings while I don’t have even a proper home to live in. What is the use of staying here!’
26. THE BULLS AND THE LION
Long, long ago, there lived four bulls in a jungle. They were fast friends. They always grazed together and saved each other when some wild animal attacked them. This was the reason why even tigers, and lions couldn’t gather the courage to kill them and eat them.
A lion had, indeed, an eye upon these bulls. But he could never find the right opportunity to make them his prey.
