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One day he wanted to know find out about the origin of lying. When the nursemaid took him on her hip and carried him outside beyond the eaves of the house, the infant raised his head and pointed at the moon while at the same time cooing,"Err, err." The maid saw the infant's gesture and understood that the baby was crying for the moon and teased,"Oh! Oh! You want the moon, do you? - just a moment I’ll just bring it down!" The baby heard the maid’s response and knew in a flash that this is what a lie is like – saying something even when you know that there is no way you can fulfil your promise. It was the habit of affectionate female relatives to pick up babies and rub cheeks with them. Maybe it was the influence of many previous lifetimes as a monk, but in any case, even as a child, Sodh disliked being picked up by the womenfolk. He had a way of expressing his dislike of being handled. Every time he was picked up, Sodh would grab the corner of his caretaker’s blouse and refuse to let go until he was put down again. To begin with, the child’s protest took the caretakers by surprise. There were many a red-faced caretaker holding the infant up to their cheek only to find themselves bared to the midriff! The caretakers gradually became more cautious about handling the child. Another time, when he was a year old, Sodh started to cry for some cakes, asking for his mother. The relative who was looking after him, tried to comfort him by saying that his mother had gone to work in the fields. At this he suddenly stopped crying. His mother, he thought, had to go to work in the fields. This meant only one thing – he had been born into a poor family. From that day forth he never again cried for cakes. 1 ________ 1. from ibid. p.1