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The servant put the dish of ornaments: or her head and she sat under a tree.
The goldsmith of previous birth who was now monkey saw all this. The monkey came down to sit on one of the lower branches and then skillfully pieked up the divine necklace from the dish.
When Queen Chelna completed her bath and began to put on the ornaments again, she found the necklace missing. The maid-servant was greatly puzzled and said that she did not know anything about it. The queen had full trust on her and so considered her innocence.
Meanwhile, the monkey had handed over the necklace to the sons of goldsmith.
The queen reported this to the king. The king entrusted the work of finding out the thief, to Abhaykumar who was very intelligent.
Abhay kumar promised to catch the thief within seven days. Now, the sons of
