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KING KUMARPAL AND HEM-CHANDRACHARYA The merchant was taken aback. The soldiers saw The soldiers arrested him and presented the dead louse in his palm
before the king.
Sire ! In your state it is forbidden to kill
even a louse and also What is this ? You
to utter the word 'kill'. have killed a louse ?
He has intentionally
killed a louse.
Yes, I have killed.
So what?
The king said
Idiot ! Don't you know that in my state killing life is prohibited. Why did you
kill the louse ?
You fool! How much blood could that tiny
louse suck?
Sire! It was sucking blood from my head.
It was weak, therefore you could kill it. What if someone stronger than you
kills you?
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