His long white beard and locks were unkempt , and straggled all over his chest and shoulders . Only one sign of royalty remained to him , and that was the signet ring upon his right hand . He dragged it off with shaking fingers and held it up to the king . ` Tell me who I am , ' he cried ; ` there is my signet , who once sat where you sit -- even yesterday ! ' The king looked at him compassionately , and examined the signet with curiosity . Then he commanded , and they brought out dusty records and archives of the kingdom , and old coins of previous reigns , and compared them faithfully . At last the king turned to the old man , and said : ` Old man , such a king as this whose signet thou hast , reigned seven hundred years ago ; but he is said to have disappeared , none know whither ; where got you the ring ? ' Then the old man smote his breast , and cried out with a loud lamentation ; for he understood that he , who was not content to wait patiently to see the Paradise of the faithful , had been judged already . And he turned and left the hall without a wor , and went into the jungle , where he lived for twenty-five years a life of prayer and and meditation , until at last the Angel of Death came to him , and mercifully released him , purged and purified through his punishment . How Isuro the Rabbit Tricked Gudu -LSB- A Pathan story told to Major Campbell . -RSB- Far away in a hot country , where the forests are very thick and dark , and the rivers very swift and strong , there once lived a strange pair of friends . Now one of the friends was a big white rabbit named Isuro , and the other was a tall baboon called Gudu , and so fond were they of each other that they were seldom seen apart . One day , when the sun was hotter even than usual , the rabbit awoke from his midday sleep , and saw Gudu the baboon standing beside him . ` Get up , ' said Gudu ; ' I am going courting , and you must come with me . So put some food in a bag , and sling it round your neck , for we may not be able to find anything to eat for a long while . ' Then the rabbit rubbed his eyes , and gathered a store of fresh green things from under the bushes , and told Gudu that he was ready for the journey . They went on quite happily for some distance , and at last they came to a river with rocks scattered here and there across the stream . ` We can never jump those wide spaces if we are burdened with food , ' said Gudu , ` we must throw it into the river , unless we wish to fall in ourselves . ' And stooping down , unseen by Isuro , who was in front of him , Gudu picked up a big stone , and threw it into the water with a loud splash . ` It is your turn now , ' he cried to Isuro .
And XXXXX a heavy sigh , the rabbit unfastened his bag of food , which fell into the river .
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