So they ate one of their number, and the next day they did likewise, and so on every day, till at last there was only one left alive, and this was the one with the skin tied to his tail.
And he thought to himself, "If I stay here I shall die of hunger. It would be better if I tried to rush past the lion and get away."
So he rushed out of the cave across the plain, and the skin followed him, till at last the rope broke, and he looked round and saw the hare coming to pick up the skin.
Then was the hyaena very angry, and rushed after the hare and caught him.
The hare said, "I am but a small mouthful. If you leave me, I will show you where a whole rhino has just died."
So the hyaena let go and said to him, "I will follow you and see; but if you have deceived me I will kill you."
So the hare led him down to the stream and said, "He fell in here this morning. If you put your nose in the water you will smell him."
So the hyaena put his nose in the water to smell if the rhino was there, and he was seized by the crocodiles and dragged into the river and eaten.
This is the end of the story of the hunter and the lion and the hare, which ends here.