PAÑCATANTRA (SYRIAN VERSION) (EN)
PAÑCATANTRA [30 of 324]
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Story or THE (INVESTIGATION) GATE of the Lion and the Bull [29 of 90]
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“See how I have harmed myself through my folly, giving the lion an advantage but not considering the disadvantage to myself, and bringing forth the bull, through which I am now in such a bad way.”
Kalilag spoke:
"So you did it yourself, just like that magician said." Damnag asked:
"What did the magician say?"
Kalilag told:
Once upon a time, there lived a magician who received many precious robes from his admirers. A thief saw this and demanded to steal them. So he went and became the magician's apprentice, returning to him for instruction. He behaved in such a way that the magician began to trust him. One day, when the magician had gone out on business, the thief took the robes and fled. When the magician returned, searched for the robes, and couldn't find them, he got up and went to the city to find the thief. On the road, he saw two rams fighting; blood flowed from their faces and spilled onto the ground. A jackal came along to lick the blood, and while he was licking, the rams clashed fiercely in combat. The jackal, not heeding this, was caught between their horns and died.
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