at the same time he said to his son Kuntala, "Give him that
curtain there!" Kuntala, however, gave the old man only half of the
small curtain. When the old man showed the piece to Kumuda, Kumuda
angrily asked his son why he had not given his grandfather the whole
curtain. Respectfully placing his hands together, Kuntala replied,
"Father, when old age also overtakes you, there will be ready for
you the half-curtain which corresponds to the one here." Then Kumuda
was shamed; and he said, "Son, we have been instructed by you; you
have become a support for us whose senses have been stupefied by the
delirium of power and wealth." And from that time on he began to show
his father love, and so did the whole family.

In conclusion, and by way of additional illustrative material, I give
in full another brief Tagalog moral tale which seems to be distantly
related to our stories. It was collected by Felix Guzman, a Tagalog
from Gapan, Nueva Ecija, who got it from his uncle. It is entitled
"Juan and his Father."

Five hundred years ago there lived in Pagao an old man, and his son
named Juan. The latter had a wife. As Juan's father was very weak on
account of old age, and could not do any work in the house, Juana,
his daughter-in-law, became discontented. One day the old man became
sick. He moaned day and night so constantly, that Juana could get no
sleep at all. So she said to her husband, "If you do not drive your
father away from the house immediately, I shall go away myself. I
cannot sleep, because he is always moaning." Juan then drove his poor
father away for the sake of his wife.

The poor old man went begging about the neighborhood. After a long
walk, he found at last a cave where he could live. After he had
recovered his health, he found in the cave a bag of ashes. He further
discovered, that, whenever he took some of the ashes and exposed them
to the light, they became money. Now the old man went back to his son
with the magic bag. On his arrival, he was welcomed, for the couple
saw that he was carrying a bag that might contain something useful
for them.

The old man next gave his son a certain sum of money, and said, "Juan,
with this you may find another wife." So Juan gladly took the money
and went and bought him another wife. When he returned, the old man
gave his son some more money, and said, "Go over there, Juan, and
buy an old man in that house to serve us as our servant." When Juan
reached the house where th