The following is a Hindu version of the parable of the Good Samaritan
given by a schoolgirl in the mission at Sukkur:
There was once a rich merchant going home through a forest. He
was suddenly attacked by robbers, who beat him and robbed him
of all his money, leaving him half dead. A Brahman passed by,
and seeing the man, said to himself, “He is only a sweeper,” and
went away. A Mohammedan also came that way, but he said, “This
man is no relation or friend of mine; why should I have any
concern for him?” and so he went away. At last a Christian came,
riding on horseback, and taking pity on the poor man, bound up
his wounds with strips of cloth torn from his own turban, and
placing him on his horse, took him to a hospital, and, giving
the doctor sahib two rupees, said, “Make this man well, and when
I return, you will get from me twenty rupees more!”
(1273)