"My father is a jackal and my mother, too."
"And you, mule, what is your father?"
"My father is an ass, and my mother is a mare."
"Your race is bad; we will eat you."
He answered them: "I will consult an old man. If he says that my race is bad, you may devour me."
He went to a farrier, and said to him, "Shoe my hind feet, and make the nails stick out well."
He went back home. He called the camel and showed him his feet, saying: "See what is written on this tablet."
"The writing is difficult to decipher," answered the camel. "I do not understand it, for I only know three words--outini, ouzatini, ouazakin." He called a lion, and said to him: "I do not understand these letters; I only know three words--outini, ouzatini, ouazakin"
"Show it to me," said the lion. He approached. The mule struck him between the eyes and stretched him out stiff.
He who goes with a knave is betrayed by him.