Is a story of a jackal that ran into a lion. The jackal feared for his life so he thought of a plan to survive. He told the lion that he would be his servant. The lion thought about this and decided it was a good idea. he told the jackal that as long as he was a good servant he would allow him to eat the leftovers of the animal he killed. The jackal was given the duty of going to the mountaintop every morning to look for animals in the valley. Once he saw an animal he would go back to the lion and say "shine forth in all your might, my lord." after saying this the lion would go kill the animal, eat, then leave the rest for the jackal. After many days of this occurring the jackal grew fat and eventually thought he did not need the lion. He thought that the power to kill was in the "magic" phrase he said to the lion. One day he convinced the lion to switch role and that jackal went after an elephant. He lunged for the elephants' neck and missed but the elephant stepped on and killed the jackal. this story goes to show that everyone has a place in society and that you should not be ungrateful for what you have. the jackal was killed because he was trying to be something that he is not. He left a great situation because he was cocky and ended up dead.
Cover of book found at nag581.jpg Copy of book from the reserves at the Bizzell Memorial Library at the University of Oklahoma
By:Kamala Chandrakant, Chandrakant Rane, Anant Pai
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