"He entered your forest wilderness," he said.
The Rakshasa having gone along the thief's footprints, after he went
to the place where the parrot was, the parrot was not [there]. He
looked to see who killed this parrot:--"It is the very thief who
killed this parrot." Then the Rakshasa fell down and wept through
grief that the parrot was not [there].
Tom-tom Beater. North-western Province.
In the Maha Bharata (Santi Parva, CLXX) a crane sent a poor Brahmana
to a Rakshasa King who was his friend. He was well-received on account
of the bird's friendship, was presented with a large quantity of gold,
returned to the bird, and killed and ate it. When the Rakshasa King
noticed that the bird did not visit him as usual, he sent his son
to ascertain the reason, the remains of the bird were found, and the
Brahmana was pursued and cut to pieces.
In Santal Folk Tales (Campbell), p. 81, a hero in search of gems
possessed by an Apsaras (Indarpuri Kuri) fed, as he went and returned,
her three animal guards stationed at her three doors,--an elephant with
grass, a tiger with a goat, and a dog with a shoe which it worried.
In Cinq Cents Contes et Apologues (Chavannes), vol. i, p. 179,
a man killed a monkey that had saved his life. In vol. iii, p. 51,
a corpse was tied on a man's back.