Once a snake entered the house of an old woman, The old wan was frightened and cried out for help. Hearing her, the neighbours tushed up and killed the snake. Then they returned to their homes. Instead of throwing the dead snake far away. the old woman flung it onto her roof.
Sometime later a kite flying overhead spotted the dead snake. In its Dark the kite had a pearl necklace which it had picked up from somewhere. It dropped the necklace and flew away with the dead snake.
When the old woman saw a bright, shining object on her roof she pulled it down with a pole. Finding that it was a pearl necklace she danced with joy!
When Gandhi finished his story, Vallabhbhai Patel said he had a story to tell:
One day a bania found a snake in his house. He couldn't find anyone to kill it for him and hadn't the courage to kill it himself. Besides, he hated killing any living creature. So he covered the snake with a pot and left it there.
As luck would have it, that night some thieves broke into the bania's house. They entered the kitchen and saw the overtumed pot. "Ah," they thought, “the bania has hidden something valuable here.“ As they lifted the pot, the snake struck. Having come with the object of stealing, they barely left with their lives.
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