Once there lived a white louse in the corner of a large room
in King's palace. Her name was Mandarisarpini.
Louses are blood suckers. So everyday, when the king was
asleep, she crept into his bed and sucked his blood. After this, she concealed
herself in the corner of the bed-cover.
One night, another bed-bug came in the king's room. His name
was Agnimukha.
When Mandarisarpini saw Agnimukha, she was furious and asked
him leave her territory. But Agnimukha was a clever louse. He said, "Lady
louse! You live in king's room. You should be kind towards your guests".
The lady louse felt high listening to Agnimukha. She calmed
and said, "Ok. I take you as my guest. You can stay here tonight. But I
warn you not to suck king's blood".
Hearing this Agnimukha argued, "Lady louse! I am
thankful that you have accepted me as your guest. But what will I get from you
to eat? As your guest, I deserve good food and nothing can be better than royal
blood meal!"
The lady louse changed her mind after listening to Agnimukha
and said, "I allow you to suck the king's blood. But you should be very
careful not to hurt him". He agreed with lady louse. They waited for King
to come and fall asleep.
When the King came and slept, the bed bug escaped and
hurriedly crept over the King's arm. He stung him very hard and continued
sucking until the King woke up to terrible pain.
The greedy bed-bug forgot all about his promises and bit the
sleeping. The King immediately called his servants and ordered them to find and
kill the bed bug.
The cunning bed bug quickly crept off and hid in far corner
of room. He escaped the attack by King's servants.
However, the lady louse that was resting under the bedcover
was caught. She was killed by the King's servants.
Moral: One should not trust the strangers.
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