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ing fell to the ground. The members of his family became homeless. The proverb, "reap what you have sown" came true in his life. He had to taste the fruits of his own deception.
A certain advocate advised a person who had committed a murder to say Ba by way of answering any question put to him in the court by any one. The lawyer said that, he would manage the case in such a way that he would be acquitted of the charge of murder. He demanded five thousand rupees as fee and took an advance of five hundred rupees.
When the judge put questions to the accused, he kept saying, Ba.
The judge said, "What is this? Have you become
mad?"
The murderer said, "Ba."
The judge thinking that he was a mad fellow acquitted him. The murderer went home and thought, "Ba has saved me from being hanged. It can save the lawyer's fee also." That night the lawyer went to him and asked him to pay him the remaining amount of four thousand five hundred rupees as they had agreed upon. In reply to this the murderer merely said, "Ba." The lawyer said, "I say. This is not the court; speak properly." Again the murderer cried gleefully, "Ba." The lawyer turned pale. He had to taste the bitter fruit of his own deception. Hence, deception should be discarded.
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