When the day broke a large number of people came to see the thief, and began to question him, as to who were his companions. So he related all that had occurred. Then they said, “Of a truth, this man has been the means of protecting us. Had he not acted as he did, we would have been robbed of all we have.”

So they loosed his bonds, and set him free. They also allowed him to eat the rice and milk he had cooked, which having done, he went home.

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