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II.—WOLF AND LAMB (Ro. i. 2). 



Phaedrus, i. 1. Probably Indian, occurring as the Dipi 

 Jataka, in Tibet and in Madagascar. In the Jataka a 

 Panther meets a Kid and complains that his tail has been 

 trodden upon. The Kid gently points out that the Pan- 

 ther's face was towards him. 



Panther. " My tail covers the earth." 



Kid. " But I came through the air." 



Panther. " I saw you frightening the beasts by coming 

 through the air. You prevented my getting any prey." 

 — TVarra, JVarra, JVarra. 



The Jataka occurs in Tibet, told .of the Wolf and the 

 Sheep. It is referred to by Shakespeare, Henry IF. Act I. 

 scene viii. 



III.— DOG AND SHADOW (Ro. i. 5). 



Phaedrus, i. 4. Probably Indian, from the Calladhanuggaha 

 Jataka [Folklore Journal^ ii. 371 seq.). An unfaithful wife 

 eloping with her lover arrives at the bank of a stream. 

 There the lover persuades her to strip herself so that he may 

 carry her clothes across the stream, which he proceeds to do, 

 but never returns. Indra, seeing her plight, changes him- 

 self into a jackal bearing a piece of flesh and goes down to 

 the bank of the stream. In its waters fish are disporting, 

 and the Indra-jackal, laying aside his meat, plunges in after 

 one of them. A vulture hovering near seizes hold of the 

 meat and bears it aloft, and the jackal, returning unsuccess- 

 ful from his fishing, is taunted by the woman. In the imi- 

 tation of the Jataka which occurs in the Panchatantra 

 (v. 8) her taunt is : 



" The fish swims in the waters still, the vulture is off* 

 with the meat. 



