Then the servant told the Jackal the way in which the rich man gave the servant one hundred masuran; the way in which, having given fifty masuran, he got the horse; the way in which, having brought the horse, he tied and placed it at the oil-mill; the way in which the oil-mill owner, unfastening the horse, went and tied it; the way in which, after he went to ask for it he would not give it, saying that the oil-mill gave birth to the horse, and came to scold him; then also what the judge said. The servant told [these] to the Jackal-artificer, making all clear.
Then the Jackal-artificer says, “Anē! That’s thick work. I’ll put that right for you. You must assist me also,” he said. “You yourself having gone near the judge again, and made obeisance, you must say, ‘The oil-mill did not give birth to the horse. The owner of the oil-mill, unfastening it from the place where I tied it, took it away. I have evidence of it. Having heard the evidence please do what you want,’ ” so the Jackal taught him.
So the servant having gone, made obeisance to the judge. “What have you come again for?” the judge asked.
Then the servant says, “The oil-mill did not give birth to the horse. Unfastening it from the place where I tied it, and having gone, he tied it up. I have evidence of it. Having heard the evidence do what you want, Sir,” he said.
The judge says, “It is good. Who is your witness?”
“The Jackal-artificer,” he said. So the judge sent a message to the Jackal to come. That day the Jackal did not come. On the following day, also, he sent a message. He did not come. Next day he sent a message. That day the Jackal, having thoroughly prepared himself, came to the judgment court.
After the judge asked, “Dost thou know about this lawsuit?” “Yes, Sir,” the Jackal-artificer said.
“Why didst thou not come yesterday,” the judge asked the Jackal.
“Yesterday I did not come; I saw the sky,” he said. While saying it the Jackal was sleepy.
Again he asked, “Why didst thou not come on the first day?”