` You told the dove how to get the better of me , and I am going to eat you for it . ' ` But if you will let me go , ' entreated the heron , ' I will show you the place where the panther has her lair . ' ` Then you had better be quick about it , ' said the jackal , holding tight on to the heron until he had pointed out the panther 's den . ` Now you may go , my friend , for there is plenty of food here for me . ' So the jackal came up to the panther , and asked politely , ` Panther , would you like me to look after your children while you are out hunting ? ' ' I should be very much obliged , ' said the panther ; ` but be sure you take care of them . They always cry all the time that I am away . ' So saying she trotted off , and the jackal marched into the cave , where he found ten little panthers , and instantly ate one up . By-and-bye the panther returned from hunting , and said to him , ` Jackal , bring out my little ones for their supper . ' The jackal fetched them out one by one till he had brought out nine , and he took the last one and brought it out again , so the whole ten seemed to be there , and the panther was quite satisfied . Next day she went again to the chase , and the jackal ate up another little panther , so now there were only eight . In the evening , when she came back , the panther said , ` Jackal , bring out my little ones ! ' And the jackal brought out first one and then another , and the last one he brought out three times , so that the whole ten seemed to be there . The following day the same thing happened , and the next and the next and the next , till at length there was not even one left , and the rest of the day the jackal busied himself with digging a large hole at the back of the den . That night , when the panther returned from hunting , she said to him as usual , ` Jackal , bring out my little ones . ' But the jackal replied : ` Bring out your little ones , indeed ! Why , you know as well as I do that you have eaten them all up . ' Of course the panther had not the least idea what the jackal meant by this , and only repeated , ` Jackal , bring out my children . ' As she got no answer she entered the cave , but found no jackal , for he had crawled through the hole he had made and escaped . And , what was worse , she did not find the little ones either .
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