The wise Jackal story
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A poor Brahmin was travelling through a forest. He came across a tiger caught in a trap. The tiger saw him and begged him to let him out. The Brahmin took pity on him and opened the door of the cage. On coming out the tiger wanted to eat Brahmin. The Brahmin pleaded for his life, saying that the tiger was ungrateful. He proposed that they should ask someone else to decide the matter. The tiger agreed.
They first went to a pipal tree. The tree said that all men were ungrateful. It gave them shade but they cut its branches. Next they met a bullock. He too was tired of the cruelty of his master. He worked hard but was ill fed and beaten. He told the tiger to eat the Brahmin.
The Brahmin was despaired. He then consulted a jackal. The jackal took pity on him and saw through the wickedness of the tiger. He said that he would decide the case after he had seen how it all had happened.
They went to the place. The jackal said that so big a tiger could not get into so small a cage. The tiger jumped into the cage to show he could. The jackal at once shut the door and walked away with the Brahmin.