Once on the bank of the river Rill met an acquaintance, and he gave the jackal a large piece of hippopotamus meat. Rill runs home and rejoices. And suddenly, around a bend in the road, he comes face to face with a hyena. Yaku saw him and howled with rage:
- That's where I got you! Now I will tear you apart for what you did to me!
- What did I do to you? — Rill was feignedly surprised. “Apparently, you knocked on wood poorly and failed to scare the bees.” And while I was going to get the ladle, I forgot about everything...
“But I’ll eat you up so I don’t forget!” Yaku growled.
- Oh, don't eat me, wait! — Rill begged. “Taste this meat better.” If you don’t like it, then you can eat me - I won’t get away from you.
“Okay,” agreed the hyena. “Give me some meat!” They quickly built a fire and fried the hippopotamus meat.
The hyena liked it so much that she softened.
“I’ll forgive you,” he says, “if you tell me where you got such juicy, tasty, tender meat.”
“It’s a simple matter,” Rill answers. “In the morning I went to the river, found a young hippopotamus on the shallows and caught him.”
- How did you catch it?
- It's even easier. He took a longer rope, tied one end around his belt to make it easier to drag, made a loop at the other end and threw the hippopotamus around his neck while he slept. Then he pulled the rope, strangled the hippopotamus and cut out the best, juiciest, most tender piece from its side. And he threw the rest into the river.
The hyena's eyes lit up with greed.
“Come,” he says, “to the shore with me!” Let's get a bigger hippopotamus, it'll be enough for both of us!
“No,” answered Rill. “Forgive me, but I can’t now.” My wife is about to give birth, I need to go home. However, I can lend you a rope.
“Okay,” says Yaku, “at least give me some rope!” And the hyena hobbled towards the river. And Rill ran home as fast as he could.
Yaku came to the river and chose a larger hippopotamus on the shallows. Then she tied herself with a rope, as Rill said, made a loop at the other end of the rope and threw it around the hippopotamus’s neck. The hyena pulled the rope and woke up the hippopotamus. from being half asleep - falling into the river! And he dragged the hyena along with him. She barely got out, but only while she was freeing herself from the rope did she drink enough water. And Yaku swore to execute Rill with an evil execution.
Translated from Russian · original on wisdomlib.ru