So Baboon did not see any other way of punishing them, save through making them punish each other; he therefore said,
"Mouse, give Itkler satisfaction."
Mouse, however, pleaded not guilty. But Baboon said, "Cat, bite Mouse." She did so.
He then put the same question to Cat, and when she exculpated herself, Baboon called to Dog, "Here, bite Cat."
In this manner Baboon questioned them all, one after the other, but they each denied the charge. Then he addressed the following words to them, and said,
"Wood, beat Dog.
Fire, burn Wood.
Water, quench Fire.
Elephant, drink Water.
Ant, bite Elephant in his most tender parts."
They did so, and since that day they cannot any longer agree with each other.
Ant enters into Elephant's most tender parts and bites him.
Elephant swallows Water.
Water quenches Fire.
Fire consumes Wood.
Wood beats Dog.
Dog bites Cat.
And Cat bites Mouse.
Through this judgment Itkler got satisfaction and addressed Baboon in the following manner: