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METÄRYA MUNI
He ran after the monk and brought him back to his home. He asked the monk if he had taken the grains of gold. The monk said, “No, I have not taken them." So, the goldsmith asked him, "Who has taken them?"
The monk thought that if he told the goldsmith about the bird, he would kill the bird. So he kept quiet.
The goldsmith thought that since he didn't reply, the monk must have been hiding the gold grains. He got angry and started hitting the monk. The monk still kept quiet. The goldsmith became very angry and decided to teach the monk a lesson. He made him stand under hot sun and tightly tied a wet leather band around his head. As the leather band became dry, it squeezed the monk's head very hard.
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