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117. STRANGE LOGIC
Every year, Salivāhana, the king of Pratisthāna attacked the port of Broach and when the rainy season approached, he came back home. Once whilst he was in his military camp, his spittoon holder, a hunch-backed woman, noticed that he was spitting on the ground there. She immediately jumped to the conclusion that in the eyes of the king, that place had become unsuitable for any worthy activity and felt that the king would soon like to move away. Therefore she told the charioteer of the king to get the chariot ready. Seeing this, the others also started getting ready for the journey.
The king who was away from the camp saw the preparations and was quite surprised. He made quick inquiries and learnt that the instructions for the journey went out from the hunchbacked. She was quickly summoned and she explained that since the king spat on the ground instead of using the spittoon, she decided that according to him the site of the camp was not worthy enough.
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