The Darter says, “Why are you going?” When he asked, “Can’t you remain and eat the small fishes I give?” to say otherwise, because there was not a fault of the Darter’s the Crow says, “Friend, because there is one fault at your hand I must go,” he said.
[As an excuse] for the Crow to go, because there was no fault he says to the Darter, “Friend, every day at the time when you go to seek fish, drawing up your anus to me you go to the bottom of the water. Because it is so I cannot endure it.”
“If so, go you away,” the Darter said.
North-western Province.
The latter part of the story reminds one of the rude-mannered peacock of the Jātaka story No. 32, and also of one which lost its election as King of the birds owing to its indecent behaviour. Cinq Cents Contes et Apologues (Chavannes) vol. ii, p. 332.