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their education was complete the princes gave their teacher a large purse of money as gift. Some how the king came to know of this and thought of killing the scholar to get this purse. The conspiracy was revealed to the princes. Driven by their profound respect and love for their teacher the princes decided to secretly warn him to save his life.
All the three princes visited their teacher. When they arrived the teacher was preparing to take his bath before going to eat. He greeted his students and asked them to fetch a washed and dried shatika ( or sheetashati or dhoti-about five meters length of cloth of one meter width wrapped around the lower half of the body by Indian male as part of his conventional dress). One of the princes said "The shatika is damp." The second one said "The straw is long." And third-"The curlew bird that was earlier moving in clock-wise direction is now moving in anti-clockwise direction."
When the teacher heard these irrelevant statements from his able students he smelled a rat. He pondered over and understood that his large purse has made someone his enemy and his students are secretly giving him a warning. He at once took leave of his students and furtively left for his village before the announced time of his departure. The Vainayiki Buddhi of the princes saved the life of their teacher.
14. Rain-water-A merchant had gone abroad since long. In his absence his wife asked her maid to invite a young man to satisfy her carnal desires. She also called a barber to improve the looks of the shabby young man. The barber gave him the full treatment-haircut, pedicure, manicure, bath, etc.-and made him attractive.
Coincidentally it rained heavily that night. Late into the night when the gigolo got thirsty he got up, went to the window, cupped his hands, and sipped the rain water falling in a stream from the balustrade. On the balustrade was lying a dead snake that made this stream of rain-water poisonous. Soon the young man died.
The lady panicked and at once called the servants of her confidence. She instructed them to throw the corpse in the forlorn ruins of a temple. Next day when some people saw the corpse and reported, the police started investigating. The officer in charge saw that the dead man had been freshly hair-dressed and manicured. He at once summoned all the barbers in the town and one by one asked
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