The man decided to go back to his home.
On the way out, he turned and looked at his friend. “Your children must get bored to be around your home all the time. My home is fresh green and warm with plenty of grass for the cattle and fruits in abundance. Why don't you send your two sons with me for some time?”
His friend agreed that it would be a nice trip for his children and he asked them to accompany the other man as he was going home.
On the way to his home with the two sons, the man bought two monkeys and took them with him.
The man taught the monkey tricks and even taught them to dance when he sang. The man named the two monkeys after the sons of his friend. The man taught the two monkeys to come when called by their name.
A month later the other man said that he was coming to bring his sons back.
When he came to the place, he found his friend crying and looking very sick.
“Why? What is the matter?”
“I do not have the guts to tell you.” The other man said, still sobbing.
His friend was worried. “Please tell me what is wrong.”
“Do you know those two boys of yours? They came to my home and suddenly changed into monkeys.”
At first the father was sure that the other man was pulling his leg. But then the other man called the two monkeys which answered the names of the two boys.
The man looked around the friend's house and realized that his sons were nowhere to be seen. That was because he did not know that his friend had taken the two boys to a cave in the morning and asked them to stay there for some time.
The wicked man realized that he had done wrong to a man who is smarter than him and admitted that he had lied about the golden vase.
So the two men decided to undo what had been done.
The man brought the two sons of the man back from the cave and in return the other man sold the golden vase and gave half of the proceeds to the other man.
Adapted from Tibetan Folk Tales
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