This Indian folk tale story is collected from the book named “Indian Fairy Tales”, which was selected and edited by Joseph Jacobs.
"It is very odd," said the jackal, sadly, "but it all seems to go in at one ear and out at the other! I will go to the place where it all happened, and then perhaps I shall be able to give a judgment."
So they returned to the cage, by which the tiger was waiting for the Brahman, and sharpening his teeth and claws.
"You have been away a long time!" growled the tiger, "but now let us begin our dinner."
"Our dinner!" thought the wretched Brahman, as his knees knocked together with fright; "what a remarkably delicate way of putting it!"
"Give me five minutes, my lord!" he pleaded, "in order that I may explain matters to the jackal here, who is somewhat slow in his understandings."
The tiger consented on that and the Brahman began the whole story over again to the jackal, not missing a single detail, and spinning as long a yarn as possible.
"Pooh!" interrupted the tiger, "what a fool you are! I was in the cage."
"Of course!" cried the jackal, pretending to tremble with fright; "yes! I was in the cage—no I wasn't—dear! dear! where are my wits? Let me see—the tiger was in the Brahman, and the cage came walking by—no, that's not it, either! Well, don't mind me, but begin your dinner, for I shall never understand!"
"Yes, you shall!" returned the tiger, in a rage at the jackal's stupidity; "I shall make you understand! Look here—I am the tiger—"
"Yes, my lord!"
"And that is the poor Brahman—"
"Yes, my lord!"
"And that is the cage—"
"Yes, my lord!"
"And I was in the cage—do you understand?"
"Yes—no—Please, my lord—"
"Well?" cried the tiger anxiously.
"Please, my lord!—how did you get in?"
"How!—why in the usual way, of course!"
"Oh, dear me!—my head is beginning to spin again! Please don’t be angry, my lord, but what is the usual way?"
At this the tiger lost patience, and, jumping into the cage, cried,"This way! Now do you understand how it was?"
"Perfectly!" smiled the jackal, and then the jackal cleverly shut the door, "and if you will permit me to say so, I think matters will remain as they were!"
Then the jackal and the poor Brahman left the place putting the tiger into the case.
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| The Tiger, the Brahman and the Jackal |
The Tiger, the Brahman and the Jackal - Part 2
An Indian Folk tale
The Brahman told it all over again , but the jackal shook his head in a distracted sort of way, and still could not understand.
"It is very odd," said the jackal, sadly, "but it all seems to go in at one ear and out at the other! I will go to the place where it all happened, and then perhaps I shall be able to give a judgment."
So they returned to the cage, by which the tiger was waiting for the Brahman, and sharpening his teeth and claws.
"You have been away a long time!" growled the tiger, "but now let us begin our dinner."
"Our dinner!" thought the wretched Brahman, as his knees knocked together with fright; "what a remarkably delicate way of putting it!"
"Give me five minutes, my lord!" he pleaded, "in order that I may explain matters to the jackal here, who is somewhat slow in his understandings."
The tiger consented on that and the Brahman began the whole story over again to the jackal, not missing a single detail, and spinning as long a yarn as possible.
"Oh, my poor Brahman!" cried the jackal, wringing its paws. "Let me see! How did it all begin? You were in the cage, and the tiger came walking by—"
"Pooh!" interrupted the tiger, "what a fool you are! I was in the cage."
"Of course!" cried the jackal, pretending to tremble with fright; "yes! I was in the cage—no I wasn't—dear! dear! where are my wits? Let me see—the tiger was in the Brahman, and the cage came walking by—no, that's not it, either! Well, don't mind me, but begin your dinner, for I shall never understand!"
"Yes, you shall!" returned the tiger, in a rage at the jackal's stupidity; "I shall make you understand! Look here—I am the tiger—"
"Yes, my lord!"
"And that is the poor Brahman—"
"Yes, my lord!"
"And that is the cage—"
"Yes, my lord!"
"And I was in the cage—do you understand?"
"Yes—no—Please, my lord—"
"Well?" cried the tiger anxiously.
"Please, my lord!—how did you get in?"
"How!—why in the usual way, of course!"
"Oh, dear me!—my head is beginning to spin again! Please don’t be angry, my lord, but what is the usual way?"
At this the tiger lost patience, and, jumping into the cage, cried,"This way! Now do you understand how it was?"
"Perfectly!" smiled the jackal, and then the jackal cleverly shut the door, "and if you will permit me to say so, I think matters will remain as they were!"
Then the jackal and the poor Brahman left the place putting the tiger into the case.
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