More Jataka Tales by Ellen C. Babbitt
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(Part 4)

The servants had to obey their king. So they seized and bound the poor man. They beat him at every corner of the street. The poor man did not cry out, but he said, over and over again, ?It is better to save poor, weak animals than to save a prince.? At last some wise men among the crowds along the street asked the poor man what prince he had saved. Then the poor man told the whole story, ending with the words, ?By saving your king,...