“Oh, you foolish little Rabbit, it was the sound of this large cocoanut falling upon the ground that you heard. Now, you see that the earth is not falling in. We must go back and you must tell all the other animals the truth,” said the Lion.
“Run! Run! The earth is falling in.”
When they came back to the place where the animals were waiting, the little Rabbit stood before all the animals and said, “The earth is not falling in; the noise that I heard was made by a big cocoanut falling to the ground. I was so startled that I did not look to see what had happened. I am sorry that I frightened you, for the earth is not falling in.”
The animals all began to repeat this, and they ran away through the jungle, saying to themselves:
“The earth is not falling in! The earth is not falling in!”
SINGH RAJAH AND THE CUNNING LITTLE JACKALS
