Once upon a time, a jackal was roaming in search of food. He kept wandering for long but could find no prey. Then he reached a steam that flowered through the forest.
The steam was abounded with water-animals. Some tortoise had come out of the steam and were strolling. The jackal decided to approach one of them and grab it for himself. So, he moved further light-footedly.
The jackal had just got near a tortoise when it happened to sneeze. Hearing it all the tortoise ran pell-mell and rushed back into the stream. But one of them could not do so in time.
The jackal hurries towards the tortoise and pounced of it.
He heeds it under his foot and tried to bite its flesh. But the tortoise had already pulled its body inside its shell. Jackal tried his best to break the shell of the tortoise but he could not succeed. He was at a loss to understand how to do it.
The tortoise was very wise and clever. It said to the jackal, “you seem to be very ignorant, Mr. jackal. When dry the shell of the tortoise is very hard. Put me into water for some time and it will become soft. Then you will be able to eat it easily.” The silly jackal was taken in by the sweet words of the tortoise. He took the tortoise to the bank of stream and put it into water. With a sudden jerk, the tortoise slipped out of his mouth into the water. Reaching the mid-stream, it called out to the jackal, “no doubt, jackal are very clever, but some of them like you are extremely silly too.”
The jackal felt highly ashamed and repented on his folly.
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