A certain king had a pet monkey. He was allowed to enter the king’s palace, even when other confidential servants were forbidden to.
One day, the king was fast asleep and the monkey was fanning him. Suddenly, a fly came and sat on the king’s chest. The monkey drove her away with the fan, but the fly kept coming back to the same place. The foolish monkey got excited, picked up a sword, and hit at the fly with it. The fly flew away, but the king was severely wounded in the chest and died as a result.
“And so,” continued Karataka, “the king who wants to live a long life should not engage stupid servants.” and now : THE STORY OF THE THIEF AND THE BRAHMINS
