“Do you not feel the pain in your legs?” asked the Mouse-Deer.
“I think I do,” was the foolish Giant’s reply.
So the Mouse-Deer bandaged his legs and made them secure, so that the Giant was quite unable to move.
By this time the Giant began to feel uneasy, and trying to get up, and finding himself securely bound, he struggled and roared in pain and anger.
The little Mouse-Deer sat before him and laughed, and said:
“You were a match for the Deer, the Pig, the Bear, and the Tiger, but you are defeated by me. Don’t make so much noise, or I shall drive a peg through your temples and kill you.”
Just then the others returned from their fishing. Great was their joy to find their enemy securely bound. With cries of triumph they fell upon the Giant and killed him, and praised the Mouse-Deer for his cleverness in securing him.
The Story of the Mouse-Deer, the Deer and the Pig.
A Mouse-Deer wandering in the jungle fell into a pit. He could not get out, so he waited patiently for some passer-by. Presently a Pig passed by the mouth of the pit. The Mouse-Deer called out to him, and he looked in and asked the Mouse-Deer what he was doing there.