089 Kuhaka Jātaka (JTA 1.38) The Straw Worth More Than Gold Ashin Sarana:
Thinzar M’s drawing Once there was a ascetic who lived near a small village. The ascetic live in a hermitage made by a landowner who he was good friend with. The landowner owned one hundred gold coins and asked the ascetic to watch over it for him the ascetic told him that he can not take what doesn’t belongs to him but when he left the ascetic took the money and buried it next to a road.One day the ascetic decided to leave but came back to give a straw from the roof of the landowners house that got caught in this hair the landowner was impressed of such a honest man and the ascetic went on his way.A traveling merchant came by and saw the ascetic coming back with the straw came to landowner and asked if he asked given the ascetic anything in his care the landowner answered that he gave one hundred gold coins so the merchant asked if they could go check if it was still there so when they got there the money was gone so they went to the ascetic and beat him up in till the ascetic showed him we’re he hid it.Kids’ drawing
