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fear of the mouse moved it from place to place, always hanging it higher. Even then the mouse got at it easily enough and ate it.
One day a holy man named Vrihatspik arrived at Tamrachood’s place. Tamrachood welcomed him, gave him due respects. At night the holy man started narrating pious tales. But Tamrachood’s thoughts were so pre-occupied with mice that he kept striking the alms bowl with a bamboo stick and returned an absent minded answer to the holy man.
The holy man grew extremely angry on seeing this, and said:
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