Reading Notes: Leopard Plays Dead (Mahabarata)

 

Leopard Plays Dead

Leopard played dead to catch Rabbit.
"Fine meat! Rabbit chortled. "And fine fur!"
He tied Leopard's body with rope and made a head-pad of grass to carry the load.
As Rabbit walked, Leopard dug his claws into Rabbit's head. 
"What sharp thorns that grass has!" Rabbit thought. 
Leopard kept clawing, and Rabbit kept groaning.
Wolf came running. "What's wrong?" he asked.
"Help me carry this load," said Rabbit, "and I'll give you half."
Wolf put the load on his head. 
Leopard started clawing Wolf!
Wolf groaned, and Rabbit ran off, laughing.
Then Leopard broke free, grabbed Wolf, and ate him.

  • Im keeping the original because it's short and may come in handy
  • This is a story of a leopard that played dead and rabbits thought it was good food and fur material.
  • The leopard clawed the rabbit, which acted like it didn't know what was happening but he did
  • The rabbit asks a wolf for help and offers it half the food and escaped
  • The wolf dies
  • Be smart is the moral, even if you started off stupidly


Bibliography: Kiungani, Story and History From Central Africa, Leopard Plays Dead  A. C. Madan            
        
        https://microfables.blogspot.com/search/label/African%3A%20Rabbit

Image: Leopard

Image Source: https://programs.wcs.org/india/Newsroom/Blog/ID/12650/Lessons-from-Ajoba-the-leopard-who-walked-120-kms-to-home


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