once there lived a poor man near a millionaire's house.  When the wind blew from the west,  he would dismantle his hut and rebuild it in the east and when the wind blew from the east,  he would move to the west.  When the wind blew from the north,  he would move to the south and when the wind blew from the south,  he would move to the north.  Seeing his strange behavior,  the millionaire ordered a servant to go to ask the man.  The servant asked the poor man: "Why do you often move here and there?"  The poor man said: "Please go and tell your boss that the reason I often move here and there is because I want to smell his food."  The servant went back to tell the

millionaire what the poor man had told him.  The millionaire thought: "If he lives by the smell of my food,  I can enslave him."  With that thought,  the millionaire took the poor man to complain to a judge about that.  The judge said to the millionaire: "You can enslave this man if what you have said is true."  The poor man said: "Please take me to the king and I will beg him to pay for me."  The millionaire then took the poor man to the king.  The poor man said to the king: "Your Majesty,  I live near this millionaire's house.  When the wind blows from the west,  I move to the east.  When the wind blows from the east,  I dismantle my hut and rebuild it in the west and when the wind blows from the north,  I move to the south and when the wind blows from the south,  I move to the north.  The reason why I do this is because I want to inhale the delicious smell of this millionaire's food,  but this millionaire accused me of living by the smell of his food,  so he

sued me for that and the judge ruled that I had to be this millionaire's slave.  Therefore,  I come here to beg Your Majesty to kindly pay for me The king said to the millionaire: "Is the matter true as this poor man has just said?"  The millionaire replied: "It is true as he has just told you,  Your Majesty."  The king realized at once that the judge had made an unfair ruling.  Thus,  he ordered a piece of white cloth to be spread in the sunlight and money to be piled up on the cloth and then said: "My dear millionaire,  you can now go to take the money I pay for this poor man."  The millionaire was about to pick up the money from the white cloth when the king said: "If the poor man had really eaten your food,  you should then take the money on that white cloth,  but this man only inhaled the smell of your food,  so you should take only the shadow of the money as it is enough for the cost of the smell of your food."  Both the poor man and the millionaire

agreed with the king's decision and took their leave and went back home.

once there were two millionaires,  one of whom was called Kondul and another called Keamney.  They were friends and they loved each other very much.  One day,  Kondul left five hundred urns of honey with Keamney,  who accepted it with pleasure.  Kondul then said goodbye to his friend and went away on business for a long time.  Keamney pierced holes at the bottom of the five hundred urns and drained all the honey out.  A little long while later when Kondul came back from doing business,  he went to Keamney's house by bringing some fruits for him.  He said to Keamney: "I want to get back my honey,  my dear friend."  Keamney said: "My dear friend,  rats have now pierced holes at the bottom of the urns and

drank a the honey."  on hearing that,  Kondul started arguing with Keamney over the lost honey and finally they went to complain to a judge.  The judge could not solve their problem,  so he took the two millionaires to see the king and told the king what had happened.  Kondul said: "Before going away to do business,  I had left five hundred urns of honey with my friend,  Keamney and when I came back I went to his house to bring back my honey,  but he told me that rats had pierced holes at the bottom of the five hundred urns and drunk all the honey.  I am really upset and this is why I come to see Your Majesty so that Your Majesty will help solve my problem."  Keamney said: "This friend of mine had really left his five hundred urns of honey with me,  but rats had pierced holes at the bottom of all the urns and drunk all the honey.  I told him about it,  but he did not believe me,  so I come to see Your Majesty so that Your Majesty will help settle this

problem for me."  The king quickly understood what had actually happened to the two millionaires and said: "Please don't litigate against each other,  my dear millionaires.  You both should love each other as much as you did before."  Hearing that,  Keamney took leave of the king and went back home leaving Kondul behind.  The king then said to Kondul"Does Keamaney have any children?"  Kondul replied: "Yes,  he has."  The king said: "If he has you have to try to persuade his son to come with you.  And then,  you go back to tell Keamney that a kite has caught his son and that no matter how hard you tried to frighten it,  it did not drop the boy."  After having heard the king's advice,  Kondul took his leave and returned to his home.  Then,  he went to persuade Keamney's son to go with him and hid him at a secret place and went back to tell Keamney: "My dear friend!  I took your son with me,  but a kite came flying and caught your son away.  I tried my

best to frighten it,  but it did not let go of your son."  Upon hearing th Keamney became so furious that he took Kondul to see the king.  He said to the king: "Kondul took away my son and a little long while later he came back and told me that a kite had caught my son.  Please help me solve this problem,  Your Majesty."  Kondul said: "I really took his son out,  but a kite had come flying and caught his son and he did not believe me.  Please help me solve this problem,  Your Majesty."  The king had already known everything in advance,  so he said to the two millionaires"My dear millionaires!  You both should pray together that Keamney would get back his five hundred urns of honey and that the eagle would release the boy to Kondul,  his father.  Your prayer will surely be answered if you both really love each other.  Come to see me again if your prayer materializes."  The two millionaires accepted the king's advice and went back to their respective

homes.  Then,  Keamney refilled the hundred urns with honey and took them to the king.  Hearing that Keamney had brought the honey for the king,  Kondul took Keamney's son to the king as well.  The king ordered the honey to be returned to kondul and the boy to be given back to Keamney and said to the two millionaires: "Don't feel offended with each other.  Please love each other like you both did before."  The two millionaires accepted the king's advice,  took their leave and went back to their homes.

once there lived a husband and wife with a daughter.  They were very poor and could only live from hand to mouth.  They did not have anything valuable left.  One day,  the husband and wife discussed with each other."  We are nowadays living a very miserable life.  Let's move to live near someone who is wealthy so that we can copy what he does in order to become rich as well."  With such a thought,  they dismantled their hut and rebuilt it near a millionaire's house.  The millionaire always ordered his servants to go out to do either businesses or farming,  thus continuously earning profits and reaping the bumper harvest to support the people in the house.  Thanks to their all

out efforts in copying what the millionaire had done,  the man and his wife with the daughter had a little long while later netted considerable profits.  The man then thought of repaying the millionaire's kindness for what he had earned,  so he decided to bring one Stourk metric measurement in ancient Cambodia)  of gold for the millionaire to show his gratitude.  Seeing that,  the millionaire said to the man:"  Why do you give me this gold?"  The man said:  I was previously very poor.  I dismantled my hut and rebuilt it near your house,  so I could see you order your servants to go out to either do business or farming and I,  my wife and my daughter have tried to copy what you have done,  thereby earning considerable amounts of money to buy a lot of slaves and cattle.  This is the reason why I bring a stourk of gold for you to show you my gratitude.  The millionaire then said:"  At first,  I wondered where and how you had got all these properties.

Now that you have earned them by copying what I have been doing,  go back and bring me all your properties here and I will give some back to you."  The man said:"  I bring you one stourk of gold in  to order to repay your good deeds and it is also client because I thought you would accept it w his complacently,  but if you really want me to bring all to the my properties for you,  I will not do that."  The millionaire and the man started arguing over the my ownership of the man's properties and finally they e you went to a court to have their case solved.  The judge esses could not solve their case,  so he took both the millionaire and the man to seek an audience with the King.  The man said to the King:"  Your Majesty!  ot of I live near this millionaire's house and I have always observed him ordering his servants to go out to doing a businesses or farming,  thus netting profits or good crop yields for his own benefits.  Therefore,  I,  my wife and my daughter have tried to copy what he

has done and have earned a considerable amount of money with which I have bought some slaves and cattle.  My earnings have reminded me to repay his unwitting good deeds,  so I brought him one stourk of gold,  but he was not willing to take it.  Instead,  he ordered me to bring him all my properties so that he would give some back to me,  but I did not agree and this is why he has taken me to a court to have the case settled,  but the court judge could not solve it so please kindly help solve my problem."  After having heard the man out,  the King said to the millionaire What is your full account,  Mr.  the millionaire?"  The millionaire said:"  It is just as the man has already told you,  Your Majesty!"  The King immediately realized that the millionaire was really too greedy and said to the millionaire Do you have any children,  Mr.  the millionaire?"  The millionaire replied:  I have a son,  Your Majesty."  Then,  the King said to the man Do you have any children?"

The man said:  I have a daughter,  Your Majesty."  Upon hearing that,  the King said to both the millionaire and the man:"  Stop being angry with each other!  I order you both to marry your children together so that your properties will be inherited by your children The millionaire and the man agreed with the King's decision,  took leave of the King and later on married their children together. 

once upon a time,  there were two millionaires one of whom was called Thonchey Sethey and another called Totaklo Sethey.  They both made friends with each other.  One day,  Totaklo Sethey put a thousand Damloeungs of gold in a bag,  tied it with a string,  sealed it and left it with his friend Thonchey Sethey,  Thonchey Sethey agreed to keep the gold for his friend,  Totaklo Sethey,  who then said goodbye to him and went away on business.  Thonchey Sethey hired a repairman to cut the bag into two,  take out the gold and replace it by copper with the same weight and then mend the bag again.  After having mended the bag,  the repairman got the money for

his work and handed the bag back to Thonchey Sethey.  When he returned from doing busine Totaklo Sethey went to Thonchey Sethey's house,  bringing along some food and fruits for the later and said: "I want to take my gold back from you,  my friend!"  Thonchey Sethey then took out the bag of gold mixed with copper and handed it to Totaklo Sethey,  who examined the bag to make sure that it was really his bag and nothing was different,  but when he untied the bag,  what he saw was copper and not gold.  Then,  Tot Sethey said to Thonchey Sethey: "I have left my gold with you,  my friend but where does my gold disappear and why is there copper instead?  Thonchey Sethey said: "Who took your gold?  If you do not believe me,  look at the bag the string and the seal."  They argued and argued and still they could not solve the problem,  so they went to a court.  The judge of the court could not solve their case,  so he took them to seek an

audience with the King.  Totaklo Sethey said to the ness,  King: "Your Majesty,  I put a thousand Damloeungs house,  of gold in a bag,  tied it with a string and sealed it  and and I left the bag of gold with this man,  my friend my Why does my gold turn into copper?  Please kindly help solve this problem for me,  Your Majesty."  bag of otaklo Meanwhile,  Thonchey Sethey said to the King:"  This friend of mine put copper in a bag,  tied it with hat it a string and sealed it and left it in my care.  I did not but know it was copper and thought it was really gold,  so l agreed to keep it for him.  When he came back che to collect the bag from me,  I returned the bag to end him,  who untied the bag and did not see the gold except the copper and then he has accused me of look stealing the gold.  Please kindly help me solve this problem.  Your Majesty."  The King then quickly understood the two millionaires'  full accounts and said:"  Please don't complain against each other and be reconciled with each other as before."  Hearing

that,  Thonchey sethey said goodbye to the King and went back home.  Then,  the King asked Tot Sethey if Thonchey sethey had a child.  otaklo Sethey told the King that Thonchey Sethey had a child.  The King then said:  If he really has a kid,  you must try to persuade his kid to come to stay with you for three days.  Then,  you give him back a monkey and tell him that his kid has now turned into a monkey.  Accepting the King's advice,  Totaklo Sethey went to lure Thonchey Sethey's kid to come and stay with him for three days.  On the third day,  Totaklo Sethey,  hiding Thonchey Sethey's child at a safe place,  gave a monkey to Thonchey Sethey and said:  My dear friend!  Your child has now turned into a monkey."  Thonchey Sethey said:  You took my child to stay with you and why did you bring me back a monkey instead?"  Totaklo Sethey said:  This is really your kid.  Why do you say that I give you a monkey?  Then a hot

argument erupted between the two millionaires over the matter.  No matter how long and hard they kept arguing,  the two millionaires still could not solve their matter,  so they went to see the King.  Thonchey Sethey said to the King: "Your Majesty,  this Totaklo Sethey took my child to with him stay for three days,  but he did not bring my kid back for me.  Instead,  he brought me a monkey and told me that it was my kid.  Please kindly help solve this problem for me,  Your Majesty."  As for Totaklo Sethey,  he said:  Your Majesty,  I really took away his kid,  but I don't know why the kid has turned into a monkey,  so please kindly help settle this problem for me."  Having heard the two millionaires out,  the King said:  Both of you have to make a sincere wish and Thonchey Sethey has to put the copper back into the bag and keep it for three days while Tomaklo Sethey has to take good care of the monkey as his own child for three days as well.  If you both

really love each other as you did before,  the copper will surely turn into gold and the monkey will surely become a kid.  Both of you have to come to see me again if your wishes come true."  The two millionaires accepted the King's advice,  took leave of him and went to their respective homes.  On the third day's night,  Thonchey Sethey put the gold back into the bag and took it to the King.  Hearing of Thonchey Sethey bringing the gold to the King.  Totaklo Sethey took the child to see the King as well.  Then,  the King ordered the gold to be returned to Totaklo Sethey and the kid to be given back to Thonchey Sethey and said:"  Both of you should not feel offended with each other.  You should love each other as much as you both did before."  The two millionaires accepted the King's advice and went back homes.  The King solved the problem very fairly and impartially.

once there were four hermits meditating in a hermitage with their backs to backs a their faces turning out in all four directions.  One day,  a Brahman wanted to leave ten thousand Damloeungs of gold with the four hermits.  The hermits told the Brahman to put his gold in the middle of the hermitage and then he left.  A little long while later,  one of the four hermits stole the gold without the three others'  knowledge.  Later on the Brahman who was the owner of the gold came to take the gold back from the four hermits.  The hermits then told the Brahman to go and get the gold from the place where he previously kept but the Brahman found no gold,  so he took the four hermits to see a judge to help solve the problem.  The judge could not solve the problem,  so he took

both the Brahman and the four hermits to see the king and told the king what had happened The Brahman said to the king: "Your Majesty,  I left ten thousand Damloetungs of gold with these four hermits,  who were meditating in a hermitage and they accepted it.  They asked me to put the gold in  the middle of the hermitage.  I walked away after mad putting the gold there.  A little long while later,  I went back to collect the gold from them,  but I did not see the gold.  I told them to find the gold back for me,  but they could not find it either.  This is why gold I have taken these four hermits here to see Your When Majesty so that Your Majesty can kindly help find"On the gold for me because my gold has presumably mag been stolen by the earth."  finis The king then said to the four hermits: "What leave has happened to you,  Reverend sirs?"  The four I do hermits said: "This Brahman left his gold with us all but and we told him to put the gold in the middle of the

hermitage exactly as he had told Your Majesty,  but we sat in meditation with our faces turning out in different directions,  so we did not know who had stolen the gold.  Please help us solve this problem Your Majesty The king consulted with his dignitaries,  but still could not find the gold,  which made him very upset and bored.  The king had a daughter named Picheth who was very clever and widely knowledgeable.  She said to her father,  the king"Don't worry,  father.  I will try to find the gold for you."  Then,  she sent for the four hermits.  When the four hermits arrived,  she told them a tale: "Once upon a time,  there was a maid learning magical powers from a hermit.  After having finished her studies and when she was about to take leave of her teacher,  the girl said: "My dear teacher,  I do not have anything to repay your good deeds,  but I solemnly promise you that when my mother marries me to someone,  I will ask my husband to

allow me to come to sleep with you first before going back to him again."  After making such a promise,  the girl took leave of her teacher and returned to live with her mother.  When her mother married her to a man,  she went to live with her husband,  but did not have sexual intercourse with him yet.  She told her husband the promise she had made with her teacher and then she dressed,  made up herself and said goodbye to her husband to go to the hermit to fulfill her promise.  Her husband did not forbid her and let her go at will.  When she was traveling,  she encountered a tiger that wanted to eat her as food.  The girl then told the tiger the whole account and said: "I'll let you eat me after I come back from the hermit,  my teacher."  Upon hearing what the girl said,  the tiger did not dare to eat her and let her go.  After walking away from the tiger,  the girl met with a bandit who wanted to strip her of her jewels,  but she told the bandit what she had

told the tiger and said: "I will remove my jewels and give them to you after I come back from the hermit,  my teacher."  On hearing that,  the bandit did not dare to strip her of the jewels and let her go.  When she met her teacher,  the girl recalled the promise she had made with him.  The hermit said: "Oh,  my dear student,  I am very glad that you keep the promise you have made with me,  but I do not intend to sleep with you because you are now married.  On the other hand,  I have to abstain completely from sexual pleasure,  so please go back to your husband."  Then,  the girl took leave of the hermit and set off for home.  On the same way back home,  she saw neither the bandit nor the tiger and she eventually came to her husband safely.  After having told the tale with riddles to the four hermits,  Vichethsary said:  Whose heart is the best in the story containing those riddles,  Reverend?"  One hermit said: "I think the heart of the husband,  who allowed his wife to

go,  is the best One hermit said: "In my opinion,  the heart of the tiger,  that was so patient that he did not eat the girl despite being hungry,  is the best."  he One hermit said: "For me,  I think the bandit should dit S have stripped her of jewels out of being greedy,  but to he could restrain himself from doing it.  His heart is get the best."  One hermit said: "When she arrived at her thousand teacher,  her teacher should have been very pleased Brahman.  to fulfill her promise,  but he could restrain himself   from doing such a thing and allowed her to go back to her husband.  In my opinion,  his heart is the thousand l best Hearing the four hermits remarks Brahman.  Pichethsary noticed that the hermit who had praised Domloetu the tiger's heart was not a good hermit as he was not afraid of committing sins and the hermit who had praised the bandit was greedy for other people's properties,  so she concluded that that hermit was the one who had stolen the Brahman's gold.  She further noticed that the hermit who had praised the

girl's teacher tended to steal other man's wife Then,  she said to the four hermits: "Reverend sirs,  he who has a lot of wealth and gives it to me will marry me."  Then,  the hermit who had loved the bandit's heart and who thought that he would really get her to be his wife went to bring back the ten thousand Damloeungs of gold belonging to the Brahman.  Pichethsary said: "This hermit really stole the Brahman's gold."  She then gave the gold to the king,  her father,  who ordered those ten thousand Damloeungs of gold to be returned to the Brahman.  The Brahman took only four thousand Damloeungs of gold and went back to his home.

long,  long ago,  there were four men going to Takaseila city to study martial arts.  After having finished learning their separate martial arts,  the four men said goodbye to their instructors and went back home.  when they were half way home,  the four men spotted a pool of clear water,  but they did not know that the water was poisonous,  so no sooner had they washed their faces with the water than they all became blind and could not go back to their homes.  One of them said:"  How can we find food to eat since we are all blind?"  One man said:  When I was not blind I saw a mango tree with a mango fruit in the park of the King."  Another man said:"  Please lead us there i you exactly know where the royal park is."  One

man said.  If you see that mango tree,  I also see it,  but it has only one fruit One man quickly said:"  If you see that it bears a fruit,  leave it to me,  I'll throw it down."  Another man then said:  hen you throw it down,  I'll try to get it so that it will not drop onto the ground and break."  After agreeing with one another,  the four blind men walked together to the royal park and really saw a mango fruit on a mango tree.  A man then threw a stone at it,  hitting its stem and causing the mango to fall.  Before the mango touched the ground,  a man rushed to receive it on time,  but the mango still broke in his hands,  splashing its nectar into the four men's eyes,  thus neutralizing the poison in their eyes.  The four men regained their eyesight and could see everything again.  After and seen the having recovered their eyesight mango,  the four men started quarreling over the mango.  They then went to a court and told the judge

about what had happened,  but the judge could not solve their problem,  so he took the four men to seek an audience with the King and told the King the full account.  The King took the case into account with his wisdom and insight and then said to the four men The man who received the mango should get half of the mango alone and another half should be divided among the other three."  The four men agreed with the King's decision and ate their shares before saying goodbye to the King and left When the four men were walking back home,  one of them spotted a buried treasure of gold.  They then started digging it together and when they approached the treasure,  one man said:"  I am afraid that I might dig it more than you three do."  One man said:  Me too."  Another man said:"  am afraid as well."  Then,  the man who had spotted the treasure said:"  I am the most afraid of you all as it is

I,  who have seen the treasure first and I also help you all digging it,  so I should get it more than you all."  The four men argued with each other and still could not find a solution,  so they went to a court,  but the judge could not solve their problem,  so he took the four men to see the King.  After having considered the case wisely and carefully,  the King had the gold divided into five shares,  three shares of which were given to the man who had first seen the treasure because he was so honest that he did not hide it from the other three men and the other two shares were given to the three men.  The four men agreed to receive their shares of gold as ordered by the King and then went back to their separate homes.

Once there was a wealthy man who had a sailing ship loaded with goods to do business in far places.  He also allowed many of his relatives to hitch a ride in the ship for doing their own business.  The man raised a cat in the ship with a hope that it would bring him good luck.  He asked four of his relatives to take good care of the cat's legs.  The cat had a wound in a leg The man who took care of that leg of the cat took a piece of cloth,  soaked it in oil and bandaged the wounded leg of the cat.  The cat did not stay in one place.  It walked about the ship and happened to step on fire and the fire started burning the bandaged leg of the cat,  thus prompting it to run about the ship,  burning all the goods loaded in the ship.  The owner

of the ship then demanded the four men who had four taken care of the cat's legs to compensate him for have i the losses.  The three men who had taken care of the exception three healthy legs of the cat said:  We did not cause who the fire to burn the goods.  The man who took care niece of the wounded leg of the cat should bear all these wound responsibilities as he soaked a piece of cloth to care less bandage the cat's leg and the cat walked on fire that the can later burnt all the goods.  Therefore,  the man who wound took care of the wounded leg of the cat must goods compensate alone."  The man who took care of the the cat cat's wounded leg said:  We all took care of a cat's bandage leg each and it was because of our carelessness that cloth see the cat could cause all the goods in the ship to burn,  then  so how can I be required to pay for all the losses cat's w alone?"  The four men shifted the blame on one three n another and did not agree to compensate the owner owner of the ship alone,  so they all went to a court.  The judge could not solve their problem and he took the

four men to seek an audience with the King.  After for having heard them out,  the King,  out of his exceptional wisdom and insight,  said:  The man the who took care of the cat's wounded leg soaked a use care piece of cloth into oil and bandaged it.  The  wounded leg could not walk to the fire.  It was the carelessness of the other three men who took care of the cat's woundless three legs which led the wounded leg to step on the fire,  causing all the who goods to bum.  However,  the man who took care of the cat's wounded leg was also in the wrong as he bandaged the cat's wounded leg with a piece of cloth soaked in oil and did not watch it."  The King then ordered the man who had taken care of the cat's wounded leg to pay one third and the other three men to two third in compensation to the pay owner of the ship.  Such the King's decision was considered very fair and impartial.

Once upon a time,  there was a wealthy man who had three sons,  the eldest of whom went to serve the king.  The next son went away to do business to feed himself and the youngest son was ordained as a monk.  A long time later,  the father passed away.  The three sons started quarreling over their father's inheritance.  No matter how long and hard they quarreled with one another,  they still could not reach any agreement or find any solution.  Thus,  they went to a judge to ask him help solve their problem of dividing inheritance among themselves.  The judge tried to solve their inheritance-sharing issue,  but the three sons were not satisfied with the judge's decision,  so they finally went to see the king and told him everything.

After having taken the matter into account,  the king said: "The eldest son who went to serve the king for his own honor and interest and the next son who went away to do business to feed himself should get a part of the inheritance each and the youngest son who was ordained as a monk in order to make merits for the parents should get two parts."  The three sons accepted the king's decision said goodbye to him and returned to their respective homes.  The king settled the inheritance-sharing issue for those three sons very fairly and impartially.

Long,  long ago,  there was a great millionaire who had three sons,  the eldest and the nex of whom were all married and went out to live in separate homes.  The youngest son lived with the father.  When the father fell seriously ill,  only the youngest son,  who lived in the same house with his father,  took good care of the father till the father passed away.  The other two sons did not look after their father,  but they came to help observe their father's funeral only after their father had died.  The three sons then quarreled about how to divide their father's inheritance and they did not each a compromise.  Therefore,  they went to see a judge to help solve their problem,  but the judge could not solve their problem,  so he took the three

men to see the king and told the king what had exactly happened.  After a wise consideration,  the Top Tol king said: "The two elder brothers who are married and live in separate homes should get a part of the Col total inheritance each and the youngest son,  who has lived with the father and taken good care of him should get two parts."  The great millionaire's three Fa sons accepted the king's decision,  said goodbye to him and went back home to get their shares.  The king settled this problem very fairly and impartially

Once upon a time,  there were three men hitching a ride in a merchant's boat.  One(s a man took a stick resembling a sadiev kind of Khmer stringed musical instrument handle to play a kind of music.  Upon hearing the music,  one man started clapping his hands to accompany the sadiev player.  Hearing such a pretty music,  one man stood up and began dancing about the boat thus capsizing it and damaging all the merchant's goods.  The merchant then demanded that the three men compensate him for the loss of the goods damaged in the water.  The three men blamed each other and urged each other to compensate the merchant for the losi goods.  One man said: "The reason why the boat

capsized was because this man danced,  so he has to compensate the merchant alone."  The man who had their danced said:  The reason stood up and danced was because this man clapped his hands well.  so he has then to get money to pay compensation to the merchant.  playe The man who had clapped hands said,  blaming another man: "The reason I clapped my hands was pay tw because that man was playing sadiev prettily,  so has to clapped my hands to accompany him.  Thus,  he has king's to get money to compensate the merchant."  The homes man who had played sadiev said: "I really played sadiev,  but the boat did not move.  It was surely because of this man's clapping hands so prettily that that man stood up and danced,  which capsized the boat,  destroying all the goods on board,  so both of local you have to pay the compensation."  The three men kept blaming one another and Once no one was willing to get money to compensate the merchant for the losses.  Eventually,  the three men

went to complain to a judge who could not solve their problem,  so he took them to seek an audience with the king and told him everything.  The king then settled the case by saying: "The man who played sadiev has to pay a part of the total compensation;  the man who clapped hands has to pay two parts and the man who stood up and danced has to pay three parts."  The three men accepted the king's decision and went back to their respective homes.  The king solved the case very fairly and impartially.

Once there were four women seeing a thief being tied to a stake at the citadel's gate by a royal servant at the behest of the king,  but he was still alive,  so the four women were of one mind to go to the king to ask him to allow them to buy the thief.  The king agreed,  but demanded one thousand Damlaengs of gold from those women.  Among those four women,  only one woman had one thousand Damlaengs of gold to pay the king as the ransom price.  The four women then took the thief to their home.  One woman tried to find medicinal herbs to cure the thief's wounds;  one woman tried to clean and bandage the wounds everyday and another woman tried to sell something at market to get money to feed everyone.

A long while later after the thief had completely recovered from his wounds,  the four women started arguing with one another to get the thief to be their husband,  but they still could not solve the problem as no one solved it for them.  Therefore,  they went to complain to a judge.  The judge could not solve the case,  so he took the four women to the king and told the king what had happened.  The four women said to the king: "Your Majesty,  whose husband should this thief be?"  Thanks to his wisdom and insight,  the king then said"The woman who had gold to buy the thief,  but did not take care of him should be his mother;  the woman who cleaned and bandaged the wounds and took good care of the thief should be his wife and the woman who tried to sell things at market to get money to feed the thief should be his elder sister.  The king solved the case very fairly and

 impartially

Once there lived a Brahman called Tensvamey,  who had a daughter named Monteavatey.  She was the most beautiful of all girls in the area.  Men who saw her always wanted her to be their wife and always urged their parents to ask Tensvamey for his daughter's hand in marriage,  but Tensvamey declined their marriage proposal Later on,  there were three young Brahmans who were all handsome and knowledgeable bachelors.  Of them,  one Brahman was called Vithyeakesey,  one Vithyeasanthor and the third was called Vithyeasvamey.  The three bachelor Brahmans all told their parents to ask Tensvamey for his daughter's hand in marriage,  but all their proposals

(me-  were rejected as Tensvamey thought that if he agreed to marry his daughter to one of the three Brahmans,  the two others would be angry Later on,  many of the bachelor Brahmans who had wanted to marry Miss Monteavatey tried to court her at will.  Out of being courted by a lot of bachelor Brahmans,  Miss Monteavatey became so depressed that she fell seriously ill and died eventually.  Her parents observed her funeral according to the local tradition.  Knowing about Miss Monteavatey's death and owing to their deep love for her,  the aforementioned three bachelor Brahmans always felt nostalgic for her so the Brahman called Vithyweakesey collected her ashes,  buried them in a forest and guarded and wept for her there everyday.  As for the Brahman called Vitiyeasanthor,  he also wept bitterly beside her grave out of his great nostalgia and love for her.  As for the Brahman him Mo Mo


called Vithyeasvamey,  he also became grief stricken due to his true love for her,  so he went to see another Brahman identified as Rochesvamey to beg him Rochesvamey to teach him magical powers.  Out of pity,  Rochesvamey agreed to teach Vithyeasvamey how to resurrect the dead very efficaciously.  After having finished his magical studies,  Vithyeasvamey said goodbye to his teacher and returned to the two other Brahmans.  Then,  the three Brahmans went together to the grave of Miss Monteavatey,  gathered all her ashes and then Vithyeasvamey recited his magic words to bring Miss Monteavatey back to life.  After Miss Monteavatey had come back to life and since they saw with their own eyes her incomparable beauty,  the three Brahmans started arguing with one another out of wanting Miss Monteavatey to be their wife.  Vithyeakesey said: "I took her ashes to bury in the forest and I have


guarded her grave everyday without anyone helping me,  so she should be my wife."  Vithyeasanthor said:  I have wept beside her grave alone,  so she should be my wife."  Vithyeasvamey said: "I traveled in search of a teacher to teach me magical powers and when I had known them,  I came back to bring her back to life again,  so she should be mine."  The three Brahmans kept on arguing with one another without reaching any solution and finally they decided to go to see a judge and told him what had happened.  Then,  they said to the judge: "Whose wife should she be?"  The judge could not solve the case,  so he took the three Brahmans to see the king and told everything to the king.  After having considered the case for a while,  the king said: "You all have done the best deeds,  so Vithyeasvamey,  who tried to study magical powers to resurrect her should be her father;  Vithyeasanthor,  who took good care of her


grave should be her husband and Vithyeakesey,  who was kind to collect her ashes and buried them in the forest should be her son.  Why should he be her son?  It is because he buried her ashes as if a son buried his mother's body."  Hearing the king's decision,  the three Brahmans agreed and then said goodbye to the king and went back to their respective homes.  The king solved the case very fairly and impartially.

One man learnt how to carve a human being out of something

 One man learnt how to produce limbs One man learnt how to create flesh,  blood and complexion 

One man learnt how to magically make something come to life.  


Once upon a time,  there were four men traveling together to Takaseyla country to study artistry.  After they had finished their artistic studies,  the four men said goodbye to their teachers and went back to their home village.  hen they were traveling half way,  the four men decided to spend a night in the forest where there were a lot of wild animals such as tigers etc.  The

four men could not sleep,  so they discussed together: "We should carve a woman out of wood to keep us company."  Following their agreement,  a man took a piece of wood and carved a woman's torso from it.  One man created limbs and genitals and one man recited incantations to magically create flesh,  blood and complexion as well as nice clothes to make it look as though it was real.  Finally,  one man used his magic to make the statue come to life.  After having created a real woman out of a piece of wood,  the four men started arguing with one another to get the woman to be their own wife.  They kept on arguing without reaching any solution,  so they eventually decided to go to a judge.  The judge could not solve their problem and took the four men to see the king and told the king what had happened.  Then,  the four men said to the king: "Your Majesty,  whose wife should this woman

be?"  After having considered the matter thoroughly and wisely,  the king said: "The man who carved the woman out of wood should be her mother,  the man who created her limbs and even genitals should be her husband;  the man who magically gave her flesh,  blood and complexion and clothes should be her elder brother and the man who used his magic to make her come to life should be her father.  The king solved the problem very fairly and impartially.

*One man studied to be a fortune-teller 

*One man studied To be an archer 

*One man studied to be a diver 

*One man studied how to bring the dead back to life.

Long,  long ago,  there were four men traveling to Takaseyla country in search of good teachers who could teach artistry to them.  Of the four men,  one learnt fortune telling;  one learnt archery;  one learnt how to dive and the fourth learnt how to resurrect the dead.  The four men learnt from four different teachers at four different places.  After having finished their studies,  the four men said goodbye to their teachers to return to their homeland.  It turned out to be late in the evening when they arrived at a seaside,  so they

decided to spend the night there.  In the morning,  the man who learnt fortune telling said to the other three men: "Hey you guys,  we are lucky this time as there will be an eagle catching the princess of the king in Peareanasey country flying over our place."  The four men made a plan carefully and then hid themselves to keep a close watch on what would happen.  A little long while later,  the eagle catching the princess in its beak came flying exactly as predicted by the fortune-teller.  The archer raised his bow and shot an arrow at the flying eagle,  hitting it,  thus forcing it to drop the princess into the sea.  The diver hastily dived into the sea to rescue the princess.  But unfortunately,  the princess was already dead,  so the man who learnt how to resurrect the dead magically brought her back to life.  After the princess had come around,  the four men started arguing with each other out of wanting her to be their own wife.  The four men could not


find a good solution to the problem,  so they agreed to go to see a judge and said: "Whose wife should this girl be?"  The judge could not solve their case,  so he took the four men to see the king and told the king about what had happened.  The king thought that the four men had all rendered good deeds equally,  so he ordered the fortune-teller to be the teacher,  the archer to be the father,  the man who knows how to resurrect the dead to be the mother and the diver who touched her body while bringing her out of the sea to be the husband.  A long while later,  the princess'  husband became a king who took good care of the three others.  The king solved the problem very fairly and impartially

Once upon a time,  there was a tiger sleeping over a snake hole.  The snake crawled out and bit the tiger to death at its hole.  On that same day,  a hermit happened to walk past that place and saw the dead tiger.  He resurrected the tiger out of mercy.  When the tiger came round,  it angrily said: "I was sleeping soundly in the forest that is my dwelling place.  Why did you wake me up So,  I have to bite and eat you up."  The hermit replied: "You slept over the snake hole and the snake crawled out and bit you to death.  It is I,  who has brought you to back to life,  so you should repay my good deeds.  Why do you want to bite and eat me instead?  The hermit was indeed angry with the tiger and tried to argue with it,  but could not find a solution,  so both the hermit and the

tiger went to see a wolf and told the wolf what had happened.  The wolf thought: 'Nowadays,  I live in the forest under the tiger's influence.  If I rule that the tiger lose to the hermit,  I will no longer be able to depend on the tiger in this forest."  After having such a thought,  the wolf ruled that the hermit lost to the tiger,  thus letting the tiger eat the hermit.  The wolf made such a partial judgment out of friendship.  The hermit disagreed with the wolf s decision and kept on arguing with the tiger.  Then,  they went to see a bull and told the bull what had happened.  The bull thought: "If I rule that tiger is the loser,  the tiger will surely hate me and will bite and eat me one day."  Therefore,  the bull decided that the hermit was the loser and that the hermit would be eaten by the tiger as the result.  The bull judged the case in such a way out of its fear for the tiger.  The hermit did not agree,  so he and the tiger

went to see a monkey.  The monkey thought: "Previously,  a man fell into a water well and h was pulled out of the water well by my father.  There was also a tiger wanting to eat that man and my father took that man to climb a tree to escape being eaten,  but the man was so ungrateful that he killed m father in return."  Out of having such a thought,  the monkey ruled that the tiger won the case and had to eat the hermit.  The monkey's partial judgment was prompted by its hatred for human being.  The hermit disagreed,  so he and the tiger went to see a vulture.  The vulture thought: "Nowadays,  I have the remnants of the tiger's prey as food regularly,  so if I decide against the tiger,  it will be angry with me and it will no longer leave the remnants of its prey for me."  After having thought of that,  the vulture ruled that the hermit lost and that he had to be eaten by the tiger.  The vulture judged the case partially as a result of being greedy went The the S out that suci wen him tha

The hermit disagreed,  so he and the tiger went to see a forest spirit.  The forest spirit thought The people who go into forest and take shelter in the shade of trees often break off trees'  branches and leaves,  cut down trees and hew their barks."  out of having such a thought,  the forest spirit ruled that the hermit was the loser.  The forest spirit made such a partial judgment out of ignorance.  The hermit did not agree,  so he and the tiger went to see a rabbit.  The hermit then told the rabbit: "This tiger slept over a cobra hole and the cobra crawled out and bit it to death.  I magically brought him back to life with the thought that it would repay my kindness.  But on the contrary,  it wants to eat me in return.  Therefore,  please help solve this problem for me."  The tiger told the rabbit: "I was sleeping soundly in the forest when this hermit arrived and woke me up.  I was so angry with him that I wanted to bite and eat him,  but he does not

agree,  so he took me to complain to a wolf and the wolf ruled that I had to eat this hermit.  Thi hermi did not agree with the wolf's decision,  so he complained to a bull that also decided in my favor Yet,  he still disagreed and went to see a monkey that also decided in my favor.  This hermit still disagreed,  so he and I went to see a vulture that also ruled that I won the case and had to eat the hermit He was not happy with the vulture's decision,  so we went to complain to a forest spirit that also made a decision in my favor.  Eventually,  out of disagreeing with the forest spirit's decision,  the hermit took me to complain to you,  so please help find me justice."  After having heard both the hermit and the tiger out and due to its cleverness and insight,  the rabbit said: "Therefore,  please both the hermit and brother tiger go back to the place where this same has happened.  Then,  brother tiger has to sleep as soundly as you did before so that I will be able to solv the plac dow the dea esc To

solve this problem very fairly."  Then,  the hermit,  the tiger and the rabbit went back to that same place.  As soon as they arrived there,  the tiger lied down at the very same place.  A short moment later,  the cobra moved out of its hole and bit the tiger to death at its hole.  After the tiger had died,  the rabbit said to the hermit: "Look at the tiger!  It could not escape death because of being ungrateful.  From this day on,  you should not render any good deeds to a tiger."  The rabbit judged the case very fairly and impartially.