Storia do Mogor 266.3.6

266.3.6

When he had done speaking these words, he mounted on the top of the crocodile, which carried him round in the river without harming him, and brought him back to the same place in safety. The magistrate and those present shouted out great abuse to the man who had the staff in his hand. The latter, enraged at the injustice done him by the crocodile, and put out at the abuse poured on him, struck the staff angrily on the ground, and broke it by the blow. The precious stones in it fell out, and thereby everyone perceived the deceit and trick of the first brother, the correct conduct of the crocodile, and the plaintiffs innocence. All that was in the staff was made over to the claimant, and thus he obtained his inheritance which the other had embezzled.