a little, and stop until I call you to come and eat some flesh." Then the Donkey went carefully, so that the beasts of the forest would not see him. When he had come close, he rushed out with a "boop," and went,—"Hoha, hoha, hoha," like the braying that they make. Then the Elephant became frightened and ran away, and trampled on the Buffalo, and the Deer, and the Water-buck, and others up to about a hundred she killed. The remainder ran away. Then he said to the Hyæna,—"Come here." When the Hyæna came, he said,—"See here, all these I have killed." Then the Hyæna said,—"Of a truth you are a terror, you are my chief." The Hyæna was (then) afraid of the Donkey. He (they) always used to go out with the Hyæna. She thought his ears were horns, until one day she said,—"May I touch your horns (s. for pl.), and feel them?" So the Donkey said,—"Here they are." When she had touched them, she found they were not hard, and said,—"Indeed, those things of yours are not horns?" So he said,—"Yes, they are ears." Then she said,—"That's very nice." Then, one day in the evening, the Donkey went out to feed, when the Hyæna made a bound and rushed and seized the Donkey, and the Donkey, when he felt pain, ran away right inside the town. When the people of the town saw him, they caught him, and said they had gained a Donkey. From that time the Donkey has never returned to the forest.
29. The Jackal and the Dog at the Marriage Feast. (S. D.)
The Dog came, and said to the Jackal,—"There was a marriage at our house yesterday." He said,—"Let us go to the bride's house and have a feast (drink oil).[1] There is plenty of oil there. Let us go and (drink it)." So they came and entered the house where the oil was. They kept on drinking, they drank and drank, they went on drinking. As they were drinking, the Jackal, the crafty one, went outside several times,[2] and measured the door to see that his body would not (if lest) become swelled enough to prevent him passing. As for the Dog, since he had entered he had not gone out. At length the people of the house heard a movement, and said,—"Who is in the room?" They went out. The Jackal went out, the Dog came (but) he was unable to
