So the man, taking the knife that was on the shelf, went near the bed to get the pine-apple. Then the Yakā, thinking he was coming to kill and eat him, said, “Lord, do not eat me. I will bring and give you each month anything you want.”
So the man saying, “It is good,” sent away the Yakā.
Then the Yakā met that other Yakā, and said, “When I went to set you free I also was caught. Both of us are in the same state.”
After that he gave the things monthly. Then this man having become a great wealthy person, remained so.
North-western Province.
In a variant in Folk-Tales of Bengal (Day), pp. 258–260, a barber frightened a Bhūta (evil spirit) who was going to eat him, by threatening to put him in his bag. He took out his looking-glass, and showed the Bhūta his reflection, which the evil spirit thought was another imprisoned one. The Bhūta promised to obey the barber’s orders, and provided money, and a granary filled with paddy. The Bhūta’s uncle told him that he had been cheated; but he was treated in the same way, and made to build another granary, and fill it with rice.