The Prince said, “Mother, having given those thousand masuran that I took, I brought a Cobra.”
Afterwards the Queen said, “Appā! Son, should that one remain it will bite us. Take it to a forest, and having conducted it a short distance come back.”
The Prince having taken it and put it in a rock house (cave) in the forest, shut the door, and came back. At the time when he was there the Queen said, “Son, should the King come to know that you are [here] he will behead you. Because of it go to any place you like.”
Afterwards the Prince said, “Give me a thousand masuran, and a packet of cooked rice.” The Queen gave them.
After that, the Prince taking them and having gone, while he was in that travellers’ shed a man taking a Parrot came to the travellers’ shed.
The Prince asked, “Will you sell that Parrot?” The man said he would sell it. The Prince asked, “For how much?” The man said, “It is a thousand masuran.” The Prince gave the thousand masuran and got the Parrot. The Prince and the Parrot having eaten the packet of cooked rice, the two came to the Prince’s city.
The Queen asked, “Son, what is the merchandise you have brought to-day?”
The Prince says, “Mother, having given those thousand masuran that I took I have brought a Parrot.”
Afterwards the Queen said, “We don’t want the Parrot. Take it and put it in the forest, and come back.”
The Prince having taken the Parrot and put the Parrot also in the rock house in which is the Cobra, shut the door, and came back.