Story of the Fool and his Milch-cow.11
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Somadeva Bhatta, active 11th century and Tawney, C. H. (Charles Henry)
There was once on a time a certain foolish villager, and he had one cow. And that cow gave him every day a hundred palas of milk. And once on a time it happened that a feast was approaching. So he thought; “I will take all the cow’s milk at once on the feast-day, and so get very much.” Accordingly the fool did not milk his cow for a whole month. And when the feast came, and he did begin to milk it, he found its milk had failed, but to the people this was an unfailing source of amusement.
“You have heard of the fool who had a milch-cow, now hear the story of these other two fools.”