[80] Then it occurred to the Venerable Dhaniya the potter's son: "Now for a third time, while I was gone into the village for alms, carriers of grass and carriers of wood have broken up my grass hut and gone off taking the grass and the wood; and even the hut I made entirely of clay has been demolished at the Blessed One's command. Now, the keeper of the timber-yard is an acquaintance of mine. Suppose I were to ask the keeper of the timber-yard for timber and build a wooden hut."
Then the Venerable Dhaniya the potter's son approached the keeper of the timber-yard; having approached, he said this to the keeper of the timber-yard: "Now for a third time, friend, while I was gone into the village for alms, carriers of grass and carriers of wood have broken up my grass hut and gone off taking the grass and the wood; and even the hut I made entirely of clay has been demolished at the Blessed One's command. Give me timber, friend; I wish to build a wooden hut."
"There is no such timber, venerable sir, that I could give to the master. There is, venerable sir, the king's reserved timber, kept for the repair of the city and set aside against a time of emergency. If the king should have it given, have it carried away, venerable sir."
"It has been given by the king, friend."
Then the keeper of the timber-yard, thinking: "These ascetics, sons of the Sakyan, are practicers of the Dhamma, of peaceful conduct, livers of the holy life, speakers of truth, virtuous, of good character; and the king has great confidence in them. It would not be fitting to say of what has not been given that it has been given," said this to the Venerable Dhaniya the potter's son: "Have it carried away, venerable sir."
Then the Venerable Dhaniya the potter's son had that timber cut up into pieces, had it carried away in carts, and made a wooden hut.
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.