The Great Dog and The King
One day, when the king of Varanasi came back from the royal garden, his followers accidentally left the royal cart outdoor. In the night, dogs in the palace bite a leather seat, so the cart was completely damaged.
When the king woke up and knew this, he got angry and ordered his followers and his citizens to kill all dogs that were not owned; a lot of dogs were killed.
There was a group of dogs living near a graveyard. This group was leaded by a great dog. The great dog knew that many dogs were killed and he certain that the cart was damaged by the dogs in the palace.
Thought that no one could help dogs, the great dog ran through the graveyard, the city, the king’s followers, and finally laid down under the king’s throne.
After resting for a while, the great dog asked the king “My majesty, I heard that you have ordered to kill dogs. Is this true ?”
“Yes, that’s true,” the king replied.
“Why?” asked the great dog. Then the king explained why he ordered that.
The great dog said “Do you know which dogs have damaged your cart?”
The king replied “I don’t know.”
The great dog asked “Did you ordered to kill all dogs, or have any exception?”
“No, dogs in the palace are exempt from being killed,” replied the king.
The great dog said “If that’s true, you are unfair because you don’t know which dogs have damaged your cart, but you didn’t ordered to kill all dogs; you ordered to kill only not-owned dogs I certain that there were no dogs, except dogs in the palace, that can damage your cart.”
“Can you prove your claim?” asked the king.
“Yes, you just mix oil and grasses, and then force the dogs in the palace to eat.” replied the great dog.
The king ordered his followers to follow the instruction of the great dog. After a while, all dogs in the palace vomited out leathers.
Saw that, the king condoned all dogs, and ordered his followers to feed the great dogs and other dogs everyday.
The king finally reincarnated as Anon, a famous Buddhist saint. The great dog finally reincarnated as the Buddha.