Will you come ? ' ` Certainly , ' answered the jackal , ` with pleasure . But as I have to go out in the morning you can meet me on the road . ' ` That will do very well , ' replied the hedgehog . And the jackal went to sleep again , for he was obliged to be up early . Punctual to the moment the hedgehog arrived at the place appointed for their meeting , and as the jackal was not there he sat down and waited for him . ` Ah , there you are ! ' he cried , when the dusky yellow form at last turned the corner . ' I had nearly given you up ! Indeed , I almost wish you had not come , for I hardly know where I shall hide you . ' ` Why should you hide me anywhere ? ' asked the jackal . ` What is the matter with you ? ' ` Well , so many of the guests have brought their dogs and mules with them , that I fear it may hardly be safe for you to go amongst them . No ; do n't run off that way , ' he added quickly , ` because there is another troop that are coming over the hill . Lie down here , and I will throw these sacks over you ; and keep still for your life , whatever happens . ' And what did happen was , that when the jackal was lying covered up , under a little hill , the hedgehog set a great stone rolling , which crushed him to death . The Adventures of the Younger Son of the Jackal -LSB- Contes Berberes . -RSB- Now that the father and elder brother were both dead , all that was left of the jackal family was one son , who was no less cunning than the others had been . He did not like staying in the same place any better than they , and nobody ever knew in what part of the country he might be found next .
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