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The preceptor now asked Vasu Parvat :
and
“Where and how have you both killed your cock ?"
Parvat said :
“Father ! You are not only my preceptor but father also. After accepting with reverence your command, I wandered in every forest, but I could not find any place where there was nobody. I hid myself behind a cluster of trees. There was no one there. As soon as I became ready to twist the nick of the cock, I saw a chameleon hidden in the cluster of trees. I walked away further from there. I entered a cluster of tree on the top of a mountain. : There I saw and ascertained that there was no bird or insect. Getting an opportunity there I twisted the neck of the cock.”
The preceptor then
asked prince
