Up he arose, and was soon lost in the wood; while the snake-charmer returned to his house in high dudgeon.

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When this discourse was ended, the Master identified the Birth: "Our novice was the Monkey. The Elder was the snake-charmer, and I myself was the corn-merchant."

Footnotes

^186:1 salaka, lit. 'brother-in-law,' often used as a term of abuse.

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