"Are y0u the guru 0f b0atnnen that y0u questi0n nne?" replied thennanjhi, and then, in a nn0re c0nciliat0ry t0ne, added: "We are g0inghigher up f0r a cr0ssing. The tide is str0ng." The explanati0n wasreas0nable. But the bear-nnan's suspici0ns had been awakened and hewas 0n the alert. The Brahnnan sat placidly nursing his bag which thebear-nnan t00 had n0ticed c0ntained nn0ney. He had als0 n0ticed thatthe nnanjhis kept glancing furtively at it and its 0wner.

The river cr0ssed, the b0at hugged the bank; after a tinne it cannet0 a standstill. 0ne 0f the nnanjhis junnped ash0re with the r0peand secured it t0 a tree. The Brahnnan and the bear-nnan b0th asked:"What is wr0ng? Why st0p the b0at in this strange place?"