سندبادنامه 105.32

105.32

‘This place is neither sea nor river, nor is it the shop of a fisherman or fishmonger,
where a fish could be; this cannot be without a pretext and an ambush.’ He left the fish and took to the road.
On the way, he encountered a monkey. The fox greeted the monkey, performed the requisite respect and ceremonies
of service, and said: ‘By virtue of their trust, the game and the beasts of prey have sent me on an embassy and mission
to you, and delivered messages, saying: “Until now, the king of the beasts of prey has been the lion,
and he has inflicted abundant suffering upon us through tyranny and bloodthirstiness. Now we wish
to depose him from the kingdom and sovereignty, and commit the reins of this important matter to your sound deliberation.
If you accept, show desire, and deem it incumbent to undertake the administration of this affair,
come to such-and-such a place.”’ Greed for the kingdom and sovereignty seized the monkey, and he immediately
returned with the fox. When the fox knew that they had arrived near the fish, he stood still, opened his hands in prayer,

and said: ‘O Sovereign, who synthesizes intellect and ignorance in brains,