Part 16 (1/2)

THE BRAHMIN, THE TIGER, AND THE JACKAL

Do you knohat a Brahentle kind of man who lives in India, and who treats all the beasts as if they were his brothers There is a great deal h for the story

One day a Braher, shut up in a strong iron cage The villagers had caught him and shut him up there for his wickedness

”Oh, Brother Braher, ”please let et a little drink! I am so thirsty, and there is no water here”

”But Brother Tiger,” said the Brah on me and eat er ”Never in the world would I do such an ungrateful thing! Just let et a little, little drink of water, Brother Braher out Theon the Braher,” said the Brahmin, ”you promised you would not

It is not fair or just that you should eat ht and just,” said the Tiger, ”and I shall eat you up”

However, the Brahreed to wait and ask the first five whom they should meet, whether it was fair for him to eat the Brah they came to, to ask, was an old Banyan Tree, by the wayside (A banyan tree is a kind of fruit tree)

”Brother Banyan,” said the Braher should eat e?”

The Banyan Tree looked down at them and spoke in a tired voice

”In the summer,” he said, ”when the sun is hot, men come and sit in the cool of my shade and refresh the falls, and they are rested, they break hs for er eat the Brah to eat the Brahmin, but the Brahmin said,--

”Wait, wait; we have asked only one We have still four to ask”

Presently they ca by the road The Brahmin went up to him and said,--

”Brother Bullock, oh, Brother Bullock, does it seeer should eat e?”

The Bullock looked up, and answered in a deep, gru my master used me hard, and I served him well I carried heavy loads and carried them far Now that I am old and weak and cannot work, he leaves me without food or water, to die by the wayside Men are a thankless lot Let the Tiger eat the Brah, but the Brahmin spoke very quickly:--

”Oh, but this is only the second, Brother Tiger; you proood deal, but at last he went on again with the Brahh overhead The Brahle, Brother Eagle! Tell us if it seeer should eat e?”