A monk who was living in a city found it unsuitable for his spiritual practices. He, therefore, repaired to a forest and found its solitude congenial and suitable. One day, however, he found that his loin cloth had been eaten into shreds by rats. In order to get rid of the rats he procured a cat. But the next problem was how to maintain the cat. Accordingly, he brought a cow with its calf. It now became necessary that there should be somebody to attend on them. He found a boy for doing this work. The boy, however, could not live alone in the forest. So, his parents were brought to the forest. The boy grew up and, attained marriageable age. He was then married to the only daughter in a certain family. Thereafter, the boy’s parents-in-law also came to live in the forest. These families attracted other families and the forest soon became a crowded village which began to expand into a city. The monk reflected that all this was the consequence of his desire to protect his loin cloth.