But there is no one here to take care of the child. What shall I do now? Or why care thus! I will appoint this mongoose here, which has been long tended by me and is just like a son to me, to look after the child, and go. He did so and went away. After he had gone, the mongoose seeing a black serpent crawling to the child, killed it and cut it into pieces. Presently the mongoose, seeing the Brahmana coming, ran to him with its mouth and paws covered with blood and rolled at his feet. Then the Brahmana, seeing it in that condition and concluding that it had eaten the child, killed it. After that as soon as the Brahmana went in and looked at his child, he found it lying down comfortably (quite well), while a serpent lay there killed. Then looking at his mongoose that had done him a service, his heart was pervaded with emotion, and he was smitten with bitterest sorrow. Hence, I say - 'He who without ascertaining the real truth' etc. Moreover, one should give up the collection of these six, viz., lust, anger, want of judgement, greed, vanity and haughtiness - when these are abandoned a man becomes happy.