A Badishah was once riding in the jungle. Crossing a bridge he saw a man who was quite drunk standing in the middle of the bridge. The man called out, "Will you sell that horse, O passer-by?" for he was quite drunk and could not recognize the rider. The Badishah thought, "He is drunk", so he paid no heed. After shooting for some hours in the jungle he returned and saw the man who had been standing in the middle of the road now sitting by the roadside. The Badishah asked the man in fun, "Do you want to purchase this horse?" The man's drunkenness had now passed. He was astonished to think what he had said to the Badishah in his drunken state, but fortunately he thought of a very witty answer. He said, "The purchaser of the horse has gone, the groom of the horse remains." This amused the Badishah, who overlooked his fault.