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separately and dwelt apart. And the king made marraiagefeast for his own son and invited all that were in his kingdom, but neglected the two pagani, the lame man and the blind. And they were angry in themselves and set about contriving a design against the king. Now the king had a garden, and the blind man called out from a distance to the lame man and said, 'How much would the breaking of our bread have been (what would have been the extra cost of entertaining us) with the multitudes that are invited to the merry-making? Come, then, and as he hath done to us, let us requite him.' The other asked— 'In what way?' and he said, 'Let us go into his garden and destroy the things there.' But he said, 'How can I, whom am lame and cannot walk?' And the blind man said, 'What can I myself do, who cannot see whither I am going? but let us devise means. (Then the lame man) plucked the grass that was near him and plaited a rope and threw it to the blindman and said, 'Catch hold of it and come along the rope hither to me.' And when he had done he was told and was come to the place, the lame man said, 'Come, be feet to me and carry me, and I will be eyes to thee from above and guide thee to the right and to the left.' And so they did, and went down to the garden. Then, for the rest, whether they spoiled it or not, at all events their tracks were to be seen in the garden. And when the feasters dispersed from the marriage, they went into the garden and were enraged at finding the tracks there, and reported it to the king, saying, We are soldiers in thy kingdom, and there is no paganus. Whence, then, are the tracks of the pagani in the garden?' says that the king sent for the lame and the asked the lame man and the blind man, Didst thou go down into the garden?' And he said. Alas Lord! thou seest our infirmity: thou knowest that I cannot see when I walk.' Then he came to the lame man and asked him. 'Didst thou go down into my garden?' And he answered and said, 'O Lord, wouldst thou afflict my soul in respect Shree Sudharmaswami Gyanbhandar-Umara, Surat
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