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now and then the prince reappears with his royal family through the powers of a lion; and when the energy of the lion is exhausted and the lion dies, the prince is not able to sustain his own appearance in physical form. But this is only a story since no one has ever seen the prince and his 32 queens."
The judge thanked the villager for his help and told him that the villagers would probably not be bothered by the lion anymore since he had seen it in the night and scared it off into the jungles with his gun. And as far as the judge knew, the lion was never seen again in the village.
When the judge became my disciple, he told me about this experience although he never told anyone else for fear of being ridiculed or thought crazy. Thus, I am merely repeating to you what the judge told me in the strictest of confidence, and which I have never had any reason to doubt.
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