12. THE COCK.
(The original, in the Hottentot language, is in Sir G. Grey’s Library, G. Krönlein’s Manuscript, p. 29.)
The Cock, it is said, was once overtaken by the Jackal and caught. The Cock said to the Jackal, “Please, pray first (before you kill me) as the white man does.” The Jackal asked, “In what manner does he pray? Tell me.” “He folds his hands in praying,” said the Cock. The Jackal folded his hands and prayed. Then the Cock spoke again: “You ought not to look about you as you do. You had better shut your eyes.” He did so; and the Cock flew away, upbraiding at the same time the Jackal with these words: “You rogue! do you also pray?”
There sat the Jackal, speechless, because he had been outdone. [[56]]