The Gold-Giving Serpent
There was a Brahman that was a farmer. One day he got really hot and laid down under a tree. He saw a snake and thought that it was the "guardian deity" of his field. He went to worship it. He poured milk in a bowl and gave it to the snake. The next morning the farmer looked at the bowl and saw a gold denar. This occurred every time he gave the snake milk.
One day the farmer's son took the snake milk because his father was unable to. The son decided he should kill the snake and steal all of its gold denars. The snake escaped its death and bit the son. The son died instantly. The father still worshiped the snake even though it killed his son.The snake told the farmer they could not be friends anymore and gave the farmer a pearl. The snake said to never come back.
Pride Goeth Before a Fall
Ten cloth merchants always went to places together. Three robbers trapped them and tried to rob them in the forest. The robbers took everything they had. They even took their clothes. The ten men only had a small loin-cloth to wear. One of the ten merchants noticed that the robbers laid down their weapons and he thought of a plan. He sang a song that only the other merchants would understand. This told the others his plan: They would divide up into groups of three to gang up on the robbers (three to one). The lead merchant would tie up the robbers. Their plan worked and they were free.
The Demon with the Matted Hair
A son was born to a king. The Brahmans gave the son the name: The Prince of Five Weapons. These weapons are the sword, the spear, the bow, the battle-axe, and the shield. When the son was sixteen years old the king told him to go complete his education. The son went off to receive his education and on his way he went through the forest inhabited by the Demon with the Matted Hair. Some men told him to stay away from the forest because the demon kills every man he sees. The prince was fearless and went through the forest anyway. He runs into the demon and shoots arrows at him. All the arrows get caught in the demon's hair. All of the prince's weapons got stuck in the demon's hair. The demon asked the prince why he wasn't frightened. The prince said he has the weapon of knowledge (he said it differently). The demon let him go.
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