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UNGRATEFUL LION
Kunchika said :
"There was one hermitage of the ascetics just near the Himalayas. A devil was staying in a cave near-by. Even a rogue improves his acts by the company of the saints. This demon also was getting to the right path. and had stopped killing others. Mercy and benificence the Virtues of higher type were also now adopted by him.
Once he had gone out. At night, a lion trembling with cold came there and slept in the cave. When the demon returned, he saw the lion but did not awaken him out of mercy. He slept outside the cave. When the lion awoke, he came out The found the ready-food. he devoured the same demon who had given him the shelter.
