“Is it good for me to come?”
“Anē! It is very good,” they said. After that, the Deer came.
At the time when these three are keeping the Precepts a Crow came flying. The Crow said, “What, friends, are you [doing] there?”
“We three are keeping the Precepts.”
“Would it be good for me to come, too?” he said.
“You [Crows] are not trustworthy.”
“It is true, friend, [regarding the others]; nevertheless there is trustworthiness in me,” he said. Thereupon they said, “Come.” The Crow came.
At the time when these four are keeping the Precepts a Jackal came. Having seen these four the Jackal said, “What, friends, are you [doing] there?”
“We are keeping the Precepts.”
“Would it be good for me to come, too?” he said.