So the panther prowled about until he saw a fine cow grazing apart from the rest of the herd. ‘I would do my best, of course,’ replied the jackal ‘but you must kill me a cow, and when we have eaten the flesh I will take the skin and make your shoes out of it.’ ‘Could you make me a pair like them?’ asked the panther eagerly. ‘Yes, I think they are rather nice,’ answered the jackal ‘I made them myself, though.’

‘Excuse my speaking to you, but I cannot help admiring those shoes of yours. Then the jackal put on his shoes, which he had taken off so as to make no noise, and they returned to the high road.Īfter they had gone some way they met a panther, who stopped, and bowing politely, said: So they went to the barn, and ate till they could eat no more. ‘Oh! there is a barn full of corn let us go and eat some.’ One afternoon they were walking along a road together, when the jackal, who was the taller of the two, exclaimed: In a country which is full of wild beasts of all sorts there once lived a jackal and a hedgehog, and, unlike though they were, the two animals made great friends, and were often seen in each other’s company.

Fairy tail jackal