At a certain city there are a King and a Queen, it is said. While they
are there, one day the Queen with the female slave went to bathe at
the pool in the King's garden. Having gone there, the Queen, having
taken off her garments and put them down, placed her necklace upon the
garments; and having told the female slave to stay there the Queen went
into the pool, and is bathing. Then the female slave went to bathe.
A thievish female Grey Monkey (Waendiriyak) that was in the garden,
took the necklace, and having placed it in a hole in a tree remained
silent.
The Queen having bathed and come ashore, when she looked
for the necklace while putting on her garments, there was no
necklace. Afterwards she asked at the hand of the female slave,
"Where, Bola, is the necklace?"
Then the female slave said, "I did not see a person who came here
and went away [with it]."
Then both of them having come to the palace, the Queen told the King
that thieves took the necklace. Thereupon the King caused the Ministers
to be brought, and said, "Go quickly and seek ye the necklace." The
Ministers speedily tying [up their cloths], [81] began to run [in
search of it].
At that time a poor man from a distant place came into the jungle to
seek sticks and creepers. When he was coming, the Ministers watching
there were saying, "Seize him; he bounded away here."
This poor man having heard it thought to himself, "Should I stay here
they will seize me. Because of it, having bounded away from here I
must go to my village."
At the time when the man was running away, the Ministers having gone
and seized the man, and beaten and beaten the man with their hands
and feet, took him near the King.
Thereupon the King asked at the hand of the man, "Didst thou take a
gold [and pearl] necklace in this manner?"
Then the man thought to himself, "Should I say that I did not take
this necklace, the King will behead me. Because of it, I must say
that I took it." Having thought this, he said, "I took it."