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squirrel when he saw the man fled. The man followed, shouting, 

 " Wait, be our instructor and decide our case.' Hearing this, the 

 squirrel stopped and said, ' Don't you come near ; speak to me 

 from a distance/ Then the man told the circumstances of the case 

 and the squirrel said, ' I nryself did not see these things happen. 

 I cannot decide. Show me the place where the tiger was caught. 

 Let us go and see. But how shall we go ? I do not trust you two. 

 Let the tiger go first, the man next and I will follow/ When they 

 came to the trap, the squirrel asked, ' How was the tiger placed. 

 Show me, tiger-beast — get into the trap — how you were bound, 

 how you were released. Have you tied him fast? Xow tiger 

 can you move ? ' ' Hardly at all/ said the tiger. ' Oh man, is he 

 tied fast ? 9 i As fast as can be ' said the man. ' Tiger ' said the 

 squirrel, 'you have no conscience. Let the man go as he came. 

 I will go as I came. Let the tiger remain in the trap. Thus I 

 give judgment? " 



This is a very common Indian story. It is told in the Gul 

 Bakuirali. It may be found also in ,F. A. Steel's Tales of the 

 Punjab (pp. 107, 307, 336) where a pipal tree, a buffalo yoked to 

 an oil-press and the road are asked about altruism. And it occurs 

 in Thibet. 



There is a set of Malay ' clock ' sayings : — 



Bangau, bangau! kenapa kau-kurus? 

 Bagai-mana aku ta' hums? Ikan fa' timbul. 



Ikan, ilcan! Kenapa ta' timbul? 

 Bagai-mana aku 'nak timbul f 

 Rum put terlalu panjang. 



Rumput, rumput! Kenapa kau-panjang? 

 Bagai-mana aku ta' panjang? 

 Kerbau ta' makan aku. 



Kerbau, kerbau! Makan rumput. 

 Bagai-mana aku nak makan? 

 Perut terlampau sakit. 



Perut, perut! Kenapa kau-sakit? 

 Bagai-mana aku ta' sakit? 

 Makan nasi mentah. 



Nasi, nasi! Kenapa kau-mentah? 

 Kaj/u liabis basah. 



Kayu, kayu. Kenapa kau-basali? 

 Bagai-mana aku ta' basah ? 

 Hujan menimpa aku. 



Hujan, hujan! Kenapa kau-timpa kayu? 

 Bagai-mana aku ta' timpa? . . 



Katak memanggil aku. 



Katak, katak! Kenapa kau-panggil hujan? ■. 



Bagai-mana aku ta' panggil? 

 Ular 'nak makan aku. 



R. A. Soc, No. 76, 1917. 



