Then the Rakshasa says, "Where have I, Bola, an elder brother?"

That thief went near the parrot. "Look here, I met with a golden mat

in the midst of this forest," he said. "Parrot, am I to take thee?" he

said. Thereupon the parrot came near the thief.

After he came, he seized the parrot by its two legs. Having waited

until the time when he is catching it, when he caught it the thief

killed the parrot. After that, the thief went away plucking and

plucking off the feathers.

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