“How is this?” said he. “I entrusted to you a bag of gold-dust, and you have given me back only sand.”
The dishonest Neighbour had no reply to make. He pretended to look very surprised, and all he could say was:
“My friend, it has turned into this! My friend, it has turned into this!”
Cham-ba said nothing more, but carried off the bag to his own house.
Soon afterwards Cham-ba announced his intention of starting a school for little boys, where they would be taught free, and Tse-ring, thinking that a free education for his Son was not to be neglected, sent over his young Son to attend the school. A few days later he found it necessary to make a short journey to a neighbouring town, and before starting he entrusted his little Son to his neighbour, Cham-ba, and asked him to look after the boy until his return.
As soon as he was gone Cham-ba procured a tame Monkey and taught it to say the following words. [[25]]
“Worthy father, I am turned into this! Worthy father, I am turned into this!”
When Tse-ring returned from his journey he walked over to the school-house one day to see how his Son was getting on, and he found Cham-ba seated there teaching the boys their lessons. Tse-ring looked round to see his Son, but could not detect him anywhere, but to his surprise he noticed a Monkey seated on one of the benches.
“Where is my son?” asked Tse-ring, “and how is he getting on?”
Cham-ba said nothing, but picked up the Monkey and carried it to him.