on the third lies a rat, also half-famished, and when you again begin to draw water these may request you first to release them. in the same way the goldsmith also may ask you. i beg you, as your bosom friend, never assist that wretched man, though he is your relation as a human being. goldsmiths are never to be trusted. you can place more faith in me, a tiger, though i feast sometimes upon men, in a serpent, whose sting makes your blood cold the very next moment, or in a rat, which does a thousand pieces of mischief in your house. but never trust a goldsmith. do not release him; and if you do, you shall surely repent of it one day or other." thus advising, the hungry tiger went away without waiting for an answer.