This ruler was loved by all his people. He arranged a feast for everyone in the village. At the feast, the ruler stood up and said, "My daughter is sick. The only medicine for her is fresh tiringo (a citrus fruit). The fruit should grow near a river, close to bushes and trees, in a place where no one lives. Can any of you bring such a fruit to me?" Everyone was thinking, "Where could I find a tiringo like that?" They didn't say anything. But the bandit immediately stood up and said, "Your excellency, I know of that fruit growing in such a place. Give me a time of two weeks." The bandit went at once to the place where he buried the merchant because a tiringo tree was there. He rushed to get the fruit before anyone else could find it. He put two bunches of fruit in a sack and ran to meet the ruler.

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