Adarsh Brahmin

In my primary school Marathi primer there was a story entitled "The Greedy Brahmin".When I grew up and raised a family it was my job to put my children to sleep. They insisted that I told them a story before they slept. One of the stories they loved was this one.
Over the years I have been mulling over this story which I have learnt a lot from. I will narrate the story I have written in parentesis how I would read between the lines  or narrate the same story now to my grandchildren.
The story goes like this:
"Greedy Brahmin"
{"Adarsh Brahmin"}
There was this Brahmin who was very honest but poor.
{He was poor because he was honest}
Everyone in the village used to respect him
{Poor people are very useful. They are respected and it is very important to keep them poor so they can vote for you election after election}
One day his wife got a craving to eat Brinjal bharta.She asked the Brahmin to go fetch Brinjals.
Brahmin had no money,yet he could not refuse his wife. On the way to the market he saw a vegetable farm growing brinjals. He noticed that the trees were loaded with big brinjals. He wondered why not get the brinjals from the farm. He did'nt see anyone around whom he could ask for some.
Being clever he had an idea. He thought he could ask 'The Fence' to the farm for permission to get some.
He addressed The Fence and he 'heard' the Fence  say 'Yes, most certainly'.
The Brahmin helped himself. The wife was happy and both of them enjoyed the bharta to their hearts content.
A few days later the wife had similar urge and now the Brahmin was quite confident as to how to get his brinjals.
{Like in the story of Adam and Eve it is always the female who leads the man to temptation}
This time the Brahmin was quite bold. He asked the Fence for  permission and started collecting the booty.
{When you succeed once it is quite easy to attempt the same ruse other times}


Unfortunately this time the watchman was watching the procedings. The Brahmin was not aware of his presence.

He asked the Brahmin as to with whose permission he had entered the farm to pluck the brinjals.
The Brahmin nonchalantly told the watchman that the Fence had permitted him.
The watchman was very clever. He asked theFence if he could beat up the Brahmin. The Fence said "Yes" and the Brahmin got his due deserts.
{When your guilt is discovered you are likely to get punished }"

But will the Adarsh Brahmin ever get punished ?