One day, on the road, the jackal Rill met the hyena Yaka. It was a hot afternoon. They sat down to rest. Yaku and asks:
-Where are you going, Rill?
“On a visit,” Rill answers. “My friends promised to feed me a delicious hot stew.” And this comes in handy for me: I haven’t eaten for two days.
“Me too,” says Yaku. “You see, I hurt my paw.” And with such a paw, what a hunt! Take me, Rill, with you.
Rill agreed, and they moved on together. They walked and walked, the hyena became more and more limping. Finally I sat down and said I couldn’t go any further. There was nothing to do, Rill tied her up to make it easier to carry her, put her on his shoulders and carried her. So he brought it to the house. The owners saw him and were surprised.
-Who did you bring? - they ask.
“Yes, this is the hyena Yaku,” answers Rill. “You see, she has become lame and is completely dying of hunger.” Give us two bowls of stew, but thicker!
They sat down to feast. But Rill ate very little due to fatigue, and the hyena Yaku rested on his shoulders and now attacked the stew so greedily that he swallowed the spoon. The owners grabbed: where is the spoon? Rill says:
- I don’t know
And the hyena Yaku:
- Rill swallowed the spoon. You see, he choked and couldn’t eat anything.
The owners attacked Rill with sticks.
- Oh, you're greedy! Oh you thief!
Rill barely fought them off and ran away. But since then he has harbored a grudge against the hyena. He vowed to take revenge and not visit guests with the hyenas again.
Translated from Russian · original on wisdomlib.ru