He held up his hands, and she came down from the cloud, and when she was near, the Jackal cried out (painfully jumping to one side), “My sister, do not take it ill. Oh me! oh me! A thorn has pricked me, and sticks in me.” Thus she fell down from above, and was sadly hurt.
Since that day, it is said, that the Hyena’s left hind foot is shorter and smaller than the right one. [[48]]
8. FISH-STEALING.
(From Sir James E. Alexander’s “Expedition of Discovery into the Interior of Africa,” vol. ii. pp. 246, 247.)
THE HYENA.
(Addressing her young ones, on her return from a marauding expedition, with regard to the perils she had encountered).
The fire threatens,
The stone threatens,
The assegais threaten,