A thief had once stolen a golden bell from a temple. Whilst running away with it a tiger killed him and ate him up when he was crossing a forest. The bell being inedible was left.
Some monkeys found the bell and took it and rang it often. The villagers believed that it was the sound was being made by the devil that had stolen the bell from the temple. They stopped venturing out of their village.
One woman was not afraid and went out with a basket of fruit that she intended to sell. When she heard the bell, she left her basket on the road and hid in the bushes. The monkeys threw the bell down and crowded round the basket and began eating the fruits in it.
The woman picked up the bell, returned to her village and returned the bell to the temple. The villagers lived without fear once again.
