Muni spoke of a murder with the foreigner because Muni misunderstood the khaki-clad foreigner to be a policeman who was investigating about a mutilated dead body found under a tamarind tree at the border between the villages Kritam and Kuppam.

The foreigner produced a card to purchase the clay horse statue, but Muni misunderstood that he produced an arrest warrant.

Muni's behavior

- Initially Muni spoke in a fearful tone but when the foreigner produced a card, Muni was greatly troubled and afraid and began to plead the foreigner that he knew nothing about the murder.

- It reveals the innocent and ignorant nature of Muni.

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In the story, ‘A horse and two goats’, Muni spoke of a murder with the foreigner as he misunderstood him to be among the policemen who were looking for the murderers of the actual incident.

This conversation reveals the ignorant, fearful and innocent nature of Muni’s behaviour as he claims his village to be blameless and promises to catch the culprits of the murder, if he comes across them.