“On that day I saw the earth,” he said. While saying it the Jackal was sleepy.
“Why hast thou come to-day?” he asked.
“To-day I saw the fire,” he said.
“Having seen the sky why didst thou not come?” the judge asked.
Then the Jackal says, “O Lord, the sky cannot be trusted. Sometimes it rains, sometimes it clears up. Because of that I did not come.” Having said it he was sleepy.
“Having seen the earth why didst thou not come?” he asked.
“That also cannot be trusted,” he said. “In some places there are mounds, in some places it is flat; in some places there is water, in some places there is not water,” he said. Having said it he was sleepy.
“What hast thou come to-day for?” the judge asked.
“To-day I saw the fire,” he said. “Because of that I came,” he said. Then the Jackal says, “After the fire has blazed up you do not look after your cold hut. I do not look after my palace also.”[3] Having said it the Jackal was sleepy.
On account of that saying the judge having become angry, “Being here what art thou sleeping for?” he asked.