"The walls of my palace steadily absorbed their attack, but in the end they turned to dust. I was preparing to

"The walls of my palace steadily absorbed their attack, but in the end they turned to dust. I was preparing to die, but the red wind suddenly fled in terror, banished by a strange traveler. He was a vanara, half-man and half-monkey, and he wore the orange robe of a priest. I wished to thank him but he had little interest in my treasures. He offered me to play the wise-men's game of BARME, and if he won then I would have to give him my throne."