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The Ungrateful Bheel
THE BENIFICENT FEMALE-MONKEY
After some time the Bheel youth (a hunter) awoke. Now the female-monkey became asleep while keeping its head on the thighs of the Bheel. Taking opportunity of this, the tiger who was sitting beneath the tree said to the Bheel :
“Oh kind man ! Do not trust this wicked female-monkey. I am not to leave this place without having my food. If you want to save your life throw her down. I will go away after eating her flesh, and you also return home fearlessly. If you don't do like that, I will at any time devour you. For, how long will you sit on the branch of the tree ? For a monkey, there is no question because a tree is itself a house for them. -
