V. A man fed his father daily with two doves. When asked where he got them, he replied, “Evil—eyed dog,
*) From shorter recension B. ed. Jellinek. vide p. 7, § 19.
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eat and don’t ask,” and thus lost his reward for insult in spite of good feeding. Another man caused his father to tread the mill and received the highest reward. The government had decreed that the hands and feet of any man who was found lazy should be cut off. The father usually remained in bed but on the day of inspection the son went to bed and was punished whilst his father, put by him to tread the mill, was saved.