سندبادنامه 309.1

309.1

We, or the guests, honor our guest / with kinds of honoring and sorts of benefaction.'
Then he threw down some figs from the tree, and out of an excess of consideration,
he shook the branches. The boar had traveled a long road, and his stomach's digestive power was stirred up in craving;
he began to eat the figs with intense appetite and complete greed. When the pleasantness of the figs' sweetness,
which tasted of sugar and savor of honey, reached his palate, his voracity increased
and his appetite was aroused; he took to importunity and persistence, saying: 'O
brother, the palate still has greed and longing, and this fresh fig has stirred up the chain of my stomach's appetite;
take trouble and show kindness! For one cannot rise from the table of the generous without being sated with gifts,
since any feast whose foodstuffs are of short duration is entirely a misfortune and a sin.' The monkey again performed an act of kindness, and shook
the branches