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One conpanion replied : “Your Honour ! This man is suffering from leprosy. If we touch his body, we also get the disease.”
The innocent prince asked:“Leprosy?":
The other one replied : “Yes, leprosy. It is a serious type of disease. Such a man is driven out of the house. Because anybody who touches him catches the germs of that disease.”
The prince was not satisfied. He again asked :
"But why does a man get this disease ! Why are you not suffering from it ? Why not I ?”
One companion said : “This disease can attack anyone. I also can suffer from it. No body knows when such disease comes over. The body is a storehouse of many more diseases. Anyone can suffer from any disease at any time.
