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22 3 The Story of Five Hundred Boys While residing at the Veluvana Monastery, the Buddha spoke this verse with reference to five hundred boys. One day, on the occasion of a certain festival, as the Buddha, accompanied by the eighty chief elders and a retinue of five hundred monks, was entering Rajagama for alms, he saw five hundred youths with baskets of cakes on their shoulders come out of the city on their way to a pleasure garden. When they saw the Buddha, they saluted him and continued on their way without so much as saying to a single monk, "Have a cake." When they had gone, the Buddha said to the monks, "Monks, would you not like to eat some cakes?" "Venerable, where are my cakes?" "Do you not see those youths passing by with baskets of cakes on their shoulders?" "Venerable, such youths as they never give cakes to anybody." "Monks, although these youths have not invited you or me to share their cakes, yet a monk, the owner of the cakes, follows in the rear. You must eat some cakes before you go on."