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 138 wicked and ungrateful Tiger!—when the good Brahman opened your cage-door, is to eat him the only return you would make? Stay there, then, for the rest of your days, for no one will ever let you out again. Proceed on your journey, friend Brahman. Your road lies that way, and mine this.'

So saying, the Jackal ran off in one direction, and the Brahman went rejoicing on his way in the other.