The rhinoceros had two daughters. While the rhinoceros mother was in the field, her eldest daughter’s admirers came in turn to woo her - first the jackal, then the hyena, and then the lynx. But, as soon as another admirer appeared, the youngest daughter ran to her mother every time to inform her about the guest.
Mother Rhinoceros told her:
- Bring me my short horn! Then she put on this horn and rushed to the hut, but the silver jackal, the girls’ father, managed to warn the next admirer, and he immediately ran away. But then the leopard came to woo.
The younger sister ran to her mother and told her that the new guest was not like all the previous suitors.
Then the mother said:
- Bring me my long horn!
When she arrived, she found a leopard at home. He did not run away like everyone else before him, although he too was warned of the danger. The rhinoceros mother rushed at him, but he didn’t even move. When the mother rhino pushed the leopard, the eldest daughter attacked her mother. But she said that she was only testing the courage of her admirer, and declared that this groom was suitable for her - after all, he did not run away like all the others.
Translated from Russian · original on wisdomlib.ru