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in the jungle they found a pile of hidden treasure. The friends were elated to see so much of gold. One of them proposed-"Friend, we are extremely lucky that we have suddenly come across such a large treasure. But we will carry it home tomorrow only, and not today. This is because tomorrow is a very auspicious day." This man was crafty and the other one a guileless. This sincere one believed what was said and they both returned home. The crafty one returned to the spot during the night, took out the treasure and replaced it with a heap of coal.
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jungle and started digging for the treasure. Seeing coal instead the
crafty one started crying profusely. In between, he would glance at his friend and utter-"How ill fated we are that we have been
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deprived of the treasure and given coal instead. The sincere one,
though simple, was not a fool. He realised that his friend had played
a trick on him. He at once resolved to teach his friend a lesson.
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However, he said "Friend, don't be so distressed, one only gets what
he is destined to. Come let's go home." And the two friends left.
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jump and perch on the statue to eat. Within a few days they became
so familiar with the statue and its connection with the food that
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The sincere one, after returning home, called an expert sculptor
and got a statue of his friend in sitting posture made. When ready, he
placed the statue in a room. After this he got two pet monkeys. When
he had to feed the monkeys he would place the eatables on the
shoulders, head or thighs of the statue. The monkeys would playfully
whenever they wanted to eat they would come and sit in the lap or
shoulders of that replica of a human figure. The sincere one would at once feed them.
When he was confident that the monkeys had perfectly learnt
what he wanted, the sincere one day invited the two young sons of his
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In the evening, by the time the crafty came to fetch his sons, the sincere one had already removed the statue and spread a mattress in its place. He asked the crafty to sit on the mattress. He then brought some snacks and placed before his friend. As soon as the crafty sat
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