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Speaker 1: The clever thief from the Tibetan. In olden times, there

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lived in a hill town a householder who married a

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wife of his own caste. When a son was born

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unto him, he said to his wife, good wife, Now

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that there is born unto us, a causer of debts

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and a diminisher of means, I will take merchandise and

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go to sea. She replied, do so, lord. So he

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went to sea with his merchandise, and there he died.

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After his wife had got over her mourning, she continued

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to live, partly supported by her handiwork and partly by

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her relatives. Not far from her dwelt a weaver who

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was skilled in his art, and who by means of

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adroitness succeeded in everything. Seeing that he, by means of

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his art, had become well to do, she came to

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the conclusion that weaving was better than going to see,

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for when a man did the latter, he needlessly exposed

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himself to misfortune. So she said to the weaver, oh, brother,

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teach this nephew of yours to weave. He replied, as

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that is right, I will do so. The youth became

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his apprentice, and in a short time learned the art

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of weaving, for he was sharp and quick as the weaver,

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wore fine clothes, took good baths, and partook of delicate food.

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The youth said to him one day, uncle, how is

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it that, although you and I are occupied in exactly

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the same kind of work, yet you have fine clothes,

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good baths, and delicate food, but I never have a

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chance of such things. The weaver replied, nephew, I carry

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on two kinds of work. By day I practice weaving,

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but by night thieving. If that be so, uncle, I

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too will practice thieving. Nephew, you cannot commit a theft, Uncle,

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I can. The weaver thought he would test him a little,

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so he took him to the market place, purchased a

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hare there, and gave it to him, saying, nephew, I

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shall take a bath and then return home. Meanwhile, go

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on roasting this hair. While he was taking his bath.

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The youth hastily roasted the hare and ate up one

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of its legs. When the weaver returned from his bath,

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he said, nephew, have you roasted the hair? Yes, let's

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see it. Then, when the youth had brought the hare

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and the weaver saw that it only had three legs.

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He said, nephew, where is the fourth leg? Gone? Uncle?

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It is true that hare is half four legs, but

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if the fourth leg is not here, it cannot have

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gone anywhere. The weaver thought, although I have long been

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a thief, yet this lad is a still greater thief.

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And he went with the youth in the three legged

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hair into a drinking house and called for liquor. When

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they had both drunk, the weaver said, nephew, the score

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must be paid by a trick. Uncle, He who has

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drunk may play a trick. Why should I, who have

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not drunk, do this thing. The weaver saw that the

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lad was a great swindler, so he determined to carry

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out a theft. Along with him. They betook themselves to housebreaking. Once,

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when they had made a hole into a house, the

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weaver was going to pass his head through the opening,

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and the youth said, uncle, although you are a thief,

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yet you do not understand your business. The legs should

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be put in first, not the head, for if the

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head should get cut off, its owner would be recognized

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and the whole family would be plunged into ruin. Therefore,

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put your feet in first. When the weaver had done so,

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attention was called to the fact, and a cry was

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raised of thieves these. At that cry, a great number

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of people assembled, who seized the weaver by his legs

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and began to pull him in. The youth all by himself,

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could not succeed in pulling him out, but he cut

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off the weaver's head and got away with it. The

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ministers brought the news to the king, saying, your majesty,

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the thief was himself arrested at the spot where the

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housebreaking took place, but some one cut off his head

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and went away with it. The King said, O, friends,

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he who has cut off the head and gone away

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with it is a great thief. Go and expose the

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headless trunk at the cross way of the main street.

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Then place yourselves on one side, and arrest whoever embraces

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it and wails over it, for that will be the thief. Thereupon,

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these servants of the king exposed the headless trunk at

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the cross way of the main street and stationed themselves

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on one side. Thinking it would be wrong not to

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embrace his uncle and moan over him. The other thief

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assumed the appearance of a madman and took to embracing men, women, carts, horses, bullocks, buffaloes,

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goats and dogs. Afterwards, all men thinking he was mad.

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He pressed the headless trunk to his breast, wailed over

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it as long as he liked, and then went his way.

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The king was informed by his men that a madman

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had pressed the headless trunk to his bosom, and while

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he held it there, had wailed over it, and had

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then gone away. The king said, O, friends, this man

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of a surety was the other thief. He have acted

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wrongly in not laying hands upon him. Therefore shall hands

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be laid upon you. The other thief said to himself,

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if I do not show honor to my uncle, I

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shall be acting badly. So he assumed the appearance of

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a cart and drove a cart up to the spot,

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laden with dry wood. When he arrived there, he upset

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the cart with its load of dry wood. Unyoked, the

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oxen set the cart on fire, and then went away.

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The headless trunk was consumed by the flames. The king

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was informed by his men that the corpse was burned,

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and they told him all that had taken place. The

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king said, O, friends, the carter was certainly the thief,

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ye have acted wrongly in not laying hands upon him.

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Therefore shall hands be laid upon you. The thief said

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to himself, I shall not be acting rightly unless I

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take sole offerings to the burial place for my uncle.

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So he assumed the appearance of a brahmin and wandered

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from house to house collecting food. From what he collected,

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he made five oblation cakes, which he left at the

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burial place, and then went his way. The king's men

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told him that a brahmin had wandered from house to

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house collecting food and then left five oblation cakes on

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the spot where the body had been burned, and had

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then gone away. The king said, oh, friends, that was

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really the thief. Ye have acted wrongly in not laying

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hands upon him. The thief thought, I shall be acting

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badly if I do not throw my uncle's bones into

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the Ganges. So he assumed the appearance of a kapalika,

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a skull carrying shiva worshiper, wet to the place where

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the corpse had been burned, smeared his body with ashes,

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filled a skull with bones and ashes, flung it into

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the Ganges, and then went his way. When the king

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had been told by his men all that had happened,

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he said, oh, friends, this was really the thief. You

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have acted wrongly in not laying hands upon him.