_ get all you want,
what can it matter to you if _I_ am rich or poor?"

At last, though it went sorely against the grain to be of any benefit
to a Money-lender, the Farmer was forced to yield, and from that time,
no matter what he gained by the power of the conch, the Money-lender
gained double. And the knowledge that this was so, preyed upon the
Farmer's mind day and night, so that he had no satisfaction out of
anything.

At last there came a very dry season--so dry that the Farmer's crops
withered for want of rain. Then he blew his conch, and wished for a
well to water them, and lo! there was the well, _but the Money-lender
had two_!--two beautiful new wells! This was too much for any Farmer
to stand; and our friend brooded over it, and brooded over it, till
at last a bright idea came into his head. He seized the conch, blew it
loudly, and cried out, "Oh, Ram! I wish to be blind of one eye!" And
so he was, in a twinkling, but the Money-lender, of course, was blind
of both, and in trying to steer his way between the two new wells he
fell into one, and was drowned.

Now, this true story shows that a Farmer once got the better of a
Money-lender--but only by losing one of his eyes.

* * * * *

TIT FOR TAT

ADAPTED BY M. FRERE

There once lived a Camel and a Jackal who were great friends. One day
the Jackal said to the Camel, "I know that there is a fine field of
sugarcane on the other side of the river. If you will take me across,
I'll show you the place. This plan will suit me as well as you. You
will enjoy eating the sugarcane, and I am sure to find many crabs'
bones and bits of fish by the riverside, on which to make a good
dinner."

The Camel consented, and swam across the river, taking the Jackal,
who could not swim, on his back. When they reached the other side, the
Camel went to eating the sugarcane, and the Jackal ran up and down the
river bank, devouring all the crabs, bits of fish, and bones he could
find.

But being a much smaller animal, he had made an excellent meal before
the Camel had eaten more than two or three mouthfuls; and no sooner
had he finished his dinner than he ran round and round the sugarcane
field, yelping and howling with all his might.

The villagers heard him, and thought, "There is a jackal among the
sugarcanes; he will be scratching holes in the ground and spoiling the
roots of the plants." And they all went down to the place to drive h