When the Leopard heard these answers he rushed after the Gazelle that he might kill him, but on turning a corner in the road the Leopard met a beautiful girl; but he did not know that it was the Gazelle who had changed himself into that form. Of her the Leopard inquired: “Did you see a Gazelle pass this way?”
“Yes, my lord Leopard, I did,” she replied.
The Leopard then said to her: “Would you like to marry me?”
“Yes,” she said, “I would like to marry you, but you have such sharp teeth and claws.”
“Very well,” replied the Leopard, “cut them all off.”
So she at once cut off all his claws, and pulled out his teeth.
“Will you marry me now?” asked the Leopard.
“I would like to,” repeated the girl, “but for the marks on your chest and neck.”
“Oh, all right,” he said; “cut them all out.”
And she cut them away, spot after spot, and mark after mark, and the Leopard died. The Gazelle changed back to his proper form, and as he went off he said: “The Leopard tried to rob me of my one wife, but he has lost his life through his covetousness.”