Page 20 - Moral Stories Vol 2
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Holy Man: “Tamrachood! I think you are not worthy of being called a friend. You do not talk to me whole-heartedly. You forgot our friendship for you are proud of owning this room. I shall leave your place and go else where.”
Holy Man: “Friends and guests will be glad only when they are greeted and spoken with kind words. One should not visit any home which fails in gentle greetings and do bad gossip.”
Tamrachood was terrified and said, “Holy sir, please forgive me. There is no friend nearer my heart than you. Please listen to the reason for being inattentive. ”
Tamrachood: “There is a mouse that jumps and climbs to my alms bowl. However high I hang it, he eats my left 20
