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they were travelling, she was beaten once. Then she wagged to the south, she wagged to the north, but she did not see any piece of meat. Then she said, — " Here, Donkey, up to now I have not had anything." Then the Donkey said, "Come, Hyaena, is one given breakfast before sunrise? Indeed, only after sunrise," so said the Donkey. And the Hyaena said, — "Very well." So they went on a little further, and they beat her with a stick. Then she wagged to the south, she wagged to the north, and said, — " Here, Donkey, shall I not get any breakfast?" Then the Donkey said, "Come, Hysena, you are in a hurry." Then she said, — "Very well, for to-day (I shall be patient). I shall try my best for one day." So they were travelling on and on, when she was beaten with a switch. Then she said, — "Oh, Donkey, as far as I am concerned I am going to run away." Then the Donkey said,-— "Oh, come, Hysena, why?" Then the Hysena said, — " Oh, is everyone like you, a great useless one ? " Then the Donkey said, " Come, try a little longer. If you do not see you get (some), then run away." She said — "Very well, I will make that attempt for your sake." Now, as it happened, the Hyaena began to get tired, her tongue hung out. Then the traders said, — " Oh that (term of abuse), the Hyaena, she cannot travel." Then they all beat her, and, when the Hyaena had got her deserts, she ran away. So she said (to herself), — "Very well, Donkey. Even in the next world (you may) pray God not to let you meet me." That is what made them quarrel.

26. The Lambs, the HycB7ia, the Jackal, and the Jerboa. (U. G.)

The Lambs had gone to wash when the Hyaena came amongst them, and said she would wash with them. And she began to seize one and push him under the water and twist his neck and hide him. Then again she caught another and put him in another hiding-place, until she had killed ten. When the Lambs (sheep) had come out and were going home, they saw that ten of them were missing, so they said, — " Washing like this is not good for us. We shan't wash with the Hyaena again." Now in the evening the Hyaena returned and entered the water, and when she had thrown one out and put it by, she returned to the water. Just then the Jackal came and took it, and went into the forest some distance off

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