was nothing for the Brahman to do but to take it away with him. Every
one who has read this wonderful story would, of courses like to know
what became of him after that, but nothing more is told about him.

23. Do you think that the Brahman learnt anything from his loss and
recovery of his treasure?

24. Was the Brahman more wicked than, the thief or the thief than
the Brahman?

25. Do you think the Brahman continued to be a miser for the rest of
his life?

26. What were the chief characteristics of the king--that is to say,
what sort of man do you think he was?

27. Which of the people who are spoken of in this story do you like
and admire most, and which do you dislike most?



STORY IV

The Magic Shoes and Staff.


CHAPTER I


Far, far away in a town of India called Chinchini, where in days