The Gay Cockade
[Illustration: AND HERE, DAY AFTER DAY, HE SAT ALONE] THE GAY COCKADE BY TEMPLE BAILEY AUTHOR OF THE TRUMPETER SWAN, THE TIN SOLDIER, Etc. FRONTISPIECE BY C.E. CHAMBERS [Illustration]
The Jackal ate the Deer, but for the Crow,'
"No! how was that?"
"I will tell thee," replied Golden-skin:--
THE STORY OF THE JACKAL, DEER, AND CROW
"Far away in Behar there is a forest called Champak-Grove,[7] and in it
had long lived in much affection a Deer and a Crow. The Deer, roaming
unrestrained, happy and fat of carcase, was one day descried by a
Jackal. 'Ho! ho!' thought the Jackal on observing him, 'if I could but
get this soft meat for a meal! It might be--if I can only win his
confidence,' Thus reflecting he approached, and saluted him.
'Health be to thee, friend Deer!'
'Who art thou?' said the Deer.
'I'm Small-wit, the Jackal,' replied the other. 'I live in the wood
here, as the dead do, without a friend; but now that I have met with
such a friend as thou, I feel as if I were beginning life again with
plenty of relations. Consider me your faithful servant.'
'Very well,' said the Deer; and then, as the glorious King of Day, whose
[Illustration: AND HERE, DAY AFTER DAY, HE SAT ALONE] THE GAY COCKADE BY TEMPLE BAILEY AUTHOR OF THE TRUMPETER SWAN, THE TIN SOLDIER, Etc. FRONTISPIECE BY C.E. CHAMBERS [Illustration]