The Foolish Sage and a Thug. A long time ago a sage lived in a village. The sage was very famous who took care of the village temple. The sage used to get a lot of donations. People used to give him a lot of donations as there was only one sage in that village. He deliberately does not allow any other sages to stay in that village. If there were other sages, it would have reduced his donations. Due to the large amount of donations, he got ample amount of money.