The Prince said, "Mother, having given those thousand masuran that
I took, I brought a Cobra."
Afterwards the Queen said, "Appa! Son, should that one remain it
will bite us. Take it to a forest, and having conducted it a short
distance come back."
The Prince having taken it and put it in a rock house (cave) in the
forest, shut the door, and came back. At the time when he was there
the Queen said, "Son, should the King come to know that you are [here]
he will behead you. Because of it go to any place you like."
Afterwards the Prince said, "Give me a thousand masuran, and a packet
of cooked rice." The Queen gave them.
After that, the Prince taking them and having gone, while he was in
that travellers' shed a man taking a Parrot came to the travellers'
shed.
The Prince asked, "Will you sell that Parrot?" The man said he would
sell it. The Prince asked, "For how much?" The man said, "It is a
thousand masuran." The Prince gave the thousand masuran and got the
Parrot. The Prince and the Parrot having eaten the packet of cooked
rice, the two came to the Prince's city.
The Queen asked, "Son, what is the merchandise you have brought
to-day?"
The Prince says, "Mother, having given those thousand masuran that
I took I have brought a Parrot."
Afterwards the Queen said, "We don't want the Parrot. Take it and
put it in the forest, and come back."
The Prince having taken the Parrot and put the Parrot also in the
rock house in which is the Cobra, shut the door, and came back.
While he was there the Queen said, "Son, should the King see that you
are [here] he will behead you. Because of it go to any place you like."
The Prince said, "Mother, give me a thousand masuran, and a packet
of cooked rice." The Queen gave him a packet of cooked rice and a
thousand masuran. Afterwards, the Prince having taken them, while he
was at that travellers' shed again a man is taking a Cat which eats
by stealth, in order to put it into the river.
This Prince asked, "Will you sell that?" The man said he would sell
it. The Prince asked, "For how much?" The man [said], "I will sell
it for a thousand masuran."
Afterwards the Prince gave the thousand masuran that were in his hand,
and taking the Cat, and the Prince and the Cat having eaten the packet
of cooked rice, the two came to the Prince's city.