Once there was a priest. He had a pet monkey. The priest used to beg in the village to earn a living, but he could not fill his belly. One day, the priest's wife suggested that he should go to the city to earn or beg, so he could fill his stomach. The priest then prepared to go out. His wife cooked two rotis for him at night. With the rotis in hand, he set out, and the monkey followed him. The priest stopped the monkey and asked him, "What will you do if you feel hungry?" The monkey replied, "Come on, I'll eat whatever you eat." The monkey followed him. After walking for a while, the monkey said he was feeling hungry. The priest responded, "Didn't I tell you not to come? You would feel hungry; where would I get food to give you?" So, the monkey took out a piece of dough from his little pouch, ate one piece himself, gave another piece to the horse, and ate one piece himself while drinking some water. Then he sat back on the horse, and they continued on their way, with the monkey following behind.

As they walked, the monkey again complained of hunger and told the priest he was feeling hungry. The priest replied, "That's why I told you not to come! If you keep asking for food, where will I get it from?" The monkey then took out another piece from his pouch, shared one with the horse, and the rest he gave to the priest.

After eating, all three continued on. Further ahead, the monkey saw a man coming back from selling a bullock. He was empty-handed and carrying a rope. The monkey asked the priest if he could take the rope from the man. The priest advised him not to do so, saying, "What if the man comes after you?" The monkey insisted, "If I go quickly, won't he run away?" When the priest refused again, the monkey stated, "Let me go, or just give me my piece of food." The priest finally let him go. The monkey approached the passerby and quickly grabbed the rope, causing the man to throw it away and flee. The monkey took the rope, put it on the horse, and continued on with the priest.

As both moved on, they encountered a woman. The monkey suggested that they snatch her pot. The priest cautioned him, "What if she beats you?" The monkey insisted that he needed the priest’s help. The priest reluctantly agreed, and the monkey went and snatched the pot, causing the woman to drop it and run away. The monkey picked up the broken pot and put it on the horse. As they continued, they saw another man carrying a winnowing basket. The man again asked the priest if they should take the basket. The priest advised against it, saying, "What if he hits you!" The monkey insisted, "Let me take it; otherwise, give me my share." The monkey went and quickly snatched the basket, causing the man to drop it and run off. The monkey then loaded the basket onto the horse as well. Now there was no space left on the horse. All the goods were piled on the horse, with the priest walking behind, followed closely by the monkey.

As they traveled, they finally arrived at a forest, and night fell. They all stayed near a tree. There was a house nearby. When they asked if there was a place to stay for the night, the woman in the house invited them to stay and told them to tie the horse. She said, "You go rest in the room, and the monkey can stay here with me." So they all stayed overnight. As the night passed, a demon came into the house. The demon said, "Ugh, a human! Ugh, a human!" The woman responded, "You have eaten all day; if you're still hungry, just eat me! What did you come here for?" The demon went to sleep in the lower part of the house with his female companion.

In the middle of the night, the monkey told the priest that he needed to relieve himself. The priest worriedly asked, "Are you trying to get us killed?" The monkey replied, "Come on, let me go!" So the monkey relieved himself there. As he did so, it fell on the demon, who exclaimed, "Something has fallen on me." The female companion said, "You must have dropped something from the ceiling." "Do not worry about it," she said. After a moment, the monkey urinated again. The demon asked again, "What has fallen?" The female companion replied, "Even the oil must have spilled." She paid no mind to it.

At that moment, the monkey began to fidget, and the demon became alert. He asked, "Who are you?" The monkey replied, "You tell me who you are." The demon introduced himself as a demon, to which the monkey claimed, "I am the father of demons!" The demon insisted, "Show me your ears!" The monkey then knocked on the winnowing basket. The demon thought, “Oh my, this must be the real father of demons." However, he gathered his courage and asked again, "Show me your teeth!" The monkey rubbed the sides of the woman's pot. Hearing the noise, the demon wanted to run away, but the woman urged him to ask a few more questions. The demon gathered his strength and asked the monkey to show his tail. The monkey lowered his tail. Seeing the tail, the demon lost his senses, and he could not summon the courage to ask further.

Both the demon and the demoness fled the house into the vast forest, while the monkey continued banging on the basket. They ran far away, and then the monkey stopped. He said to the priest, "Look around, gather all the goods, and let's leave from here." The priest got down from the room, loaded all the belongings and money onto the horse, and went back to his home.