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In a certain country, there lived a very foolish man named Chauba.

There was not a single fool like him to be found anywhere else in the village.

He is the greatest of fools.

The mother constantly worried in her heart about how this son of hers would spend his life.

One day, the mother set out in search of a bride for the foolish Chauba.

She desired to bring a good and auspicious daughter-in-law into the house.

Just as the bride would be beautiful, she should also be excellent in her virtues.

Ultimately, finding a very beautiful maiden, she married her off to Chauba and brought her home.

Did Chauba become even more foolish after getting a wife, or did the mother just continue to think so?

One day, the mother called him and said, 'Listen Chauba, everyone else is catching fish from the river, won't you go catch some fish too?'

Alright, I am going mother,' saying this, Chauba took a fishing net and, walking along, found a spot under a massive forest tree to set it.

He placed the trap very neatly on the branch of the tree.

He thought to himself, 'I set the trap in a very good place today, no one will find it there! I will come and pick up the trap later,' and he returned home.

Right at noon, when the blazing sunlight spread harshly all around.

A flying kite in the sky was searching for a cool shaded refuge in the woods to escape the harsh midday sun.

While searching, he found the trap that the fool had set.

Thinking this spot was the safest and most comfortable for resting, the kite stepped inside the trap.

But the moment it entered, it became tightly closed.

It could no longer escape outside by any means.

Thinking 'There is no other way,' the kite began to pray to God in its heart.

After a while, sitting at home, Chauba remembered that he had come to find a fishing trap on a tree.

He then set off to fetch that trap from the forest.

Chauba went up the tree and found a huge kite trapped inside the trap, and he quickly grabbed it.

Holding the kite, he rejoiced, 'This kite's head will be for my mother, the breast meat for me, and the tail portion for my wife!'

If I take this home today, everyone will praise and shower me with affection!'

No one will ever be able to call me a fool again.'

As he said these words and prepared to cage the kite, the kite spoke in a human voice, 'Oh kind traveler, release me; if you free me, I shall grant you a wondrous boon.'

The foolish Chauba replied, 'No, no, do you take me for a fool again? I will not release you under any circumstances.'

If I let you go and you fly away without giving me any boon, what then?'

The kite pleaded, 'No, no master, I speak the absolute truth. I make three sacred vows; if you free me, I will surely give you the boon before leaving.'

Alright then, make three sacred vows!' The kite declared, 'I make three vows; whatever boon you ask, I shall grant it.'

The foolish Chauba then said, 'Then grant me this boon: let my ass automatically start making a hey-hey' sound whenever I command it.''

Having received his desired boon, Chauba released the kite into the open sky.

Instantly, his ass began to loudly make a hey-hey' sound on its own.'

With great joy, Chauba made it stop making the hey-hey' sound.'

Chauba thought to himself, 'Now I shall see how the wild hog of the forest dare to destroy the paddy in our fields.'

Previously, he had to stay awake all night without sleep to guard the paddy fields.

Now he could sleep peacefully while his ass would guard the fields.

Hearing the loud hey-hey' sound of the stick, the wild boars flee in fear and hide deep in the forest.'

Finally, I have acted like a wise man,' thinking this, Chauba began to praise his own cleverness and the boon received from the kite.

From then on, Chauba would sleep peacefully at night while his ass guarded the crops—the neighbors were astonished to see his ease.

During the day, he would carefully keep it stop, and activate it at night before going to sleep.

Some days later, Chauba set out toward his in-laws' house and arrived there.

The next morning, his father-in-law called him and said, 'Chauba, please go and milk some milk from the cowshed.'

The cow was tied in a corner of the yard, and Chauba went forward to milk it.

While Chauba was milking, a bundle of straw slipped out from his behind.

A small calf there, greedy to eat the straw, reached up and pulled it.

As soon as it fell, that started shouting 'hey hey' loudly from his behind.

Hearing that terrifying sound, the oxen and calves in the shed panicked and began to stampede in all directions.

The cow kicked and the milk it had milked fell to the ground.

In an instant, an utter disaster took place.

The foolish Chowba then left everything behind and began searching for the haystack to stop his back.

But Chauba could not find the bundle of straw.