The Rat does not come out of its hole and walk about except at night.
What the Toad and the Rat did, this I heard, and have told to thee.
This fable of the Toad and the Rat is now finished.
The Lion and the Wild Dog
The Lion said to the Wild Dog that he did not fear any one in the forest except
these four, viz., tree-leaves, grass, flies, and earth, and when the Wild Dog said,
"There is certainly one stronger than thou," the Lion replied to the Wild Dog, "I
kill the young ones of the elephant, the wild cow, and the leopard, and bring
them to my children to be eaten. If I give one roar, all the beasts of the forest
tremble, every one of them, on hearing me roar; none is greater than I within this
forest."
The Wild Dog said to the Lion, "As thou sayest that thou fearest not any one in
this forest, so let us go and show me thy house; and I will come and call thee, in
order to show thee a place where a black bird comes to eat, as soon as I shall see
him again."
The Lion took the Wild Dog with him and showed him his house; and then the
Wild Dog went home.
The next day, when a hunter was come to the forest the Wild Dog, on seeing
him, went to the Lion's house, and said to the Lion:
"Brother Lion, come, and follow me, and I will show thee something which I
have seen."
The Lion arose and followed the Wild Dog, and when they were come to where
the hunter was, the hunter prepared himself: he had put on his forest garment,
had sewn the bill of a long bird to his cap, and put it on his head, and he walked
as a bird. The Wild Dog, seeing him, said to the Lion:
"Brother Lion, yonder is that black bird. Go and catch him, and when thou hast
caught him, please give me one of his legs, for I want it for a charm."
The Lion attended to what the Wild Dog said, and went softly to where the bird