Pucimanda Jātaka
Pucimanda Jātaka:Once the Bodhisatta was the sprite of a nimba tree in a cemetery,and one day,when a robber with stolen goods came in front of the tree,he drove him off,lest he should be discovered and impaled on a stake from the tree.When the king’s officials came to find the robber,he had disappeared,and they went away.Nearby was a bodhi tree whose sprite was Sāriputta.
The story was related to Moggallāna,who saw a man lurking near his cell,and,feeling suspicious,drove him away.Later,his suspicions were confirmed by the arrival of the kings men.J.iii.33 ff.