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MUNIPATI -the reward, and when he came to know that the king bad played false, he was very much pained He returned to the forest and started thinking on a plan to teach the king a good leason. He was now hovering near the palace looking for a chance when he could remove the necklace "One day, Queen Chelana came to the asoka park and entered into the tank to enjoy some water sports, The necklace and other ornaments were left on the bank in the custody of a maid who held them in a saucer on her head The monkey saw it and it was his best chance He came down to the lowest branch of the tree and picked up the necklace, none, not even the maid, knowing anything about it At once, he came to his sons and passed the necklace on to them, who hid it carefully
“When the queen came out of the water and started wearing the ornaments, she did not find her necklace She asked the maid but the poor woman was ignorant about it. She was trembling with fear The queen did not take time to understand that this was not the maid's doing but there was some deeper cause behind it She came to the palace and reported the matter to the king, and the king at once asked the minister, Abhayakumar, to find it out and arrest the thief, which the latter agreed to complete in a week's time
"The minister at once ordered a thorough search of the city but the necklace could not be found anywhere Then a proclamation went round to the effect that anyone who had it would go unpunished if he himself surrendered it, but would get a death penalty, if detected The proclamation made the smith's sons very anxious They knew well that it would be very difficult to hide the necklace, and they dared not to come to the palace to surrender it So they Teturned it to the monkey, who carried it away to the forest
“With the necklace in his possession, he spent the whole day in the hollow of a tree, After sun-set, he came Eto a park near a yaksa temple, sat on a tree and started
