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ears of the corn The ass tried to enter the field but would pull back on seeing the farmer holding a stick. The farmer recited the verse on seeing the donkey's predicament :
'O donkey ! Yon are moving about the field. You come forward but draw back on seeing ine. I know about your intention to eat Yav (or Juvar).
The preacher Yav heard the verse. He liked it very much and he thought of deliveraing a sermon with its help. He began to learn it by heart. Soon he came upon a village. He saw some boys playing the game of tip-cat on its outskirts. The gilli (Anullika-the small piece of wood tapering at the ends) fell into a pit. The boys began to find it out. A clever boy among them spoke .....
'It came this way, went to the other side. You are trying to find it but it is not seen by you. But I know that Anůllika
