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  • A Jātaka in which the merchant Paṇḍita (the Bodhisatta) exposes his dishonest partner Atipaṇḍita’s fake consultation with a tree-spirit by smoking out the father hidden inside the tree.

  • A Jātaka in which a villager, cheated by a claim that mice ate his deposited ploughshares, retaliates by pretending a hawk carried off his friend’s son, until the judge — the Bodhisatta — settles their dispute.

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