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Rh So saying the house-owner came out of the room fearing the scorpions. And our poor man thus had all the fortune to himself, and was no longer a poor man. He soon became one of the wealthiest of men of his time, but remembering that he owed all his riches to the wealthyl andlordwealthy landlord [sic] who gave him the house, he used to share with the latter half of his wealth every year.

This story explains the Tamiḷ proverb Madrishṭam uḷḷavanukku kiḍaikkum; to the fortunate good fortune.