विक्रम चरित (उज्जैन सम्राट् विक्रमादित्य - पराक्रम, न्याय एवं ३२ पुतलियों की कथा सटीक)

29 in the field, if on no other account than the establishment of a temporary truce. The fox, after pondering for awhile, and seeing the ingratitude of the alligator, was resolved to inflict on him some sort of punishment. He said, "How is it possible for me to give my judgment on this dispute, unless you point out the spot where your first meeting took place, and the position of the alligator?" The alligator undertook to show the place, on condition that the fox would promise to make the traveller bring him again into the water immediately he had done so, as he had business of importance to attend to at his own habitation. This was agreed to. The traveller accordingly took up the alligator a second time, and brought him to land, where, instead of entering into a discussion of the case, he, at a sign from the fox, left the alligator to shift for himself, and he and the fox went on their way. Here the Bahooroopee, addressing himself to the parrot, said, "You are now bidding me to act towards you in the same manner as the monstrous alligator treated the travel- ler." The parrot desired him not to think so, and said that the Bahooroopee would, on the contrary, show his gratitude and receive the parrot's thanks, by yielding to his wishes and selling him. The Bahooroopee could not now resist this direct appeal to his heart. He felt he should be dis- pleasing the parrot were he any longer to hold out against his wishes. Accordingly, in obedience to his patron's instruction and importunity, though at the same time he was greatly averse to part with him, with a heavy heart he took up the bird, and proceeded with him to the town of Sendoornuggry, in search of a purchaser. He walked with the bird in his hand, exposed to view, from one street to another, and from shop to shop, for a long time. At last a wealthy merchant named Dushwant, having observed the man and the handsome parrot, beckoned to him, and entered into a negotiation for the purchase. On asking the price, the Bahooroopee told him that he would part with the