विक्रम चरित (उज्जैन सम्राट् विक्रमादित्य - पराक्रम, न्याय एवं ३२ पुतलियों की कथा सटीक)

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in the field, if on no other account than the establishment
of a temporary truce. The fox, after pondering for awhile,
and seeing the ingratitude of the alligator, was resolved to
inflict on him some sort of punishment. He said, "How
is it possible for me to give my judgment on this dispute,
unless you point out the spot where your first meeting took
place, and the position of the alligator?" The alligator
undertook to show the place, on condition that the fox would
promise to make the traveller bring him again into the
water immediately he had done so, as he had business of
importance to attend to at his own habitation. This was
agreed to. The traveller accordingly took up the alligator
a second time, and brought him to land, where, instead of
entering into a discussion of the case, he, at a sign from the
fox, left the alligator to shift for himself, and he and the fox
went on their way.
Here the Bahooroopee, addressing himself to the parrot,
said, "You are now bidding me to act towards you in the
same manner as the monstrous alligator treated the travel-
ler." The parrot desired him not to think so, and said that
the Bahooroopee would, on the contrary, show his gratitude
and receive the parrot's thanks, by yielding to his wishes
and selling him. The Bahooroopee could not now resist
this direct appeal to his heart. He felt he should be dis-
pleasing the parrot were he any longer to hold out against
his wishes. Accordingly, in obedience to his patron's
instruction and importunity, though at the same time he
was greatly averse to part with him, with a heavy heart he
took up the bird, and proceeded with him to the town of
Sendoornuggry, in search of a purchaser. He walked with
the bird in his hand, exposed to view, from one street to
another, and from shop to shop, for a long time. At last a
wealthy merchant named Dushwant, having observed the
man and the handsome parrot, beckoned to him, and entered
into a negotiation for the purchase. On asking the
price, the Bahooroopee told him that he would part with the