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mouse with the bamboo stick. The mouse escaped the blow and said to himself:
Mouse: “No one can take what is rightfully ours. A man receives only what’s duly his.”
The mouse felt bad for his money madness. He thought “Health and peace of mind are more important than money. There is a saying that the lord of seven continents who is greedy is but a beggar and one who lives content is rich indeed.”
“There is no treasure that equals charity and no gem compares with character. Content is perfect wealth.”
Having learnt the lesson, the mouse left the place and went to a forest. He made
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