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The Intelligent Jackal - A Jataka Tale With Morals (Eng. & Malay)
The Intelligent Jackal - A Jataka Tale With Morals (Eng. & Malay)
The Intelligent Jackal - A Jataka Tale With Morals (Eng. & Malay)
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Once upon a time there lived a ferocious wolf in a dense
forest.
He was very dangerous and killed everybody he met.
There was a small village close to the forest. The villagers
were scared of the wolf as he troubled everyone.
A wise pundit (a learned person) lived in the village. He was a
proud man as he thought that there was none to match his
intelligence.
"Adakah anda fikir saya tidak mempunyai kerja yang lebih baik untuk
dilakukan?" pundit itu bertanya. “Pergi dari sini. Saya tidak ada masa
untuk semua perkara karut ini.” Orang kampung pulang dengan rasa
kecewa. Dalam perjalanan pulang mereka bertemu dengan seorang
pemburu dari hutan berhampiran. “Siapa awak?” Seorang penduduk
kampung bertanya. "Kami tidak melihat anda di sini sebelum ini.""Saya
datang dari hutan berhampiran," kata pemburu itu.
“Semua pemburu di kampung kami takut dengan serigala besar yang
tinggal di dalam hutan. Anda kelihatan sangat berani dan gagah.
Bolehkah anda menyingkirkan serigala dari hutan ini?” merayu salah
seorang penduduk kampung.
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“Alright,” the hunter replied. “I will take it up as a challenge and do it.”
In a few days the hunter caught the wolf. He locked it in a cage for
everyone to see. The villagers were extremely happy; the pundit also came
to see the wolf. When the pundit was close to the cage the wolf started to
talk.
“Sir, can you let me out free?”
“Ah, am I a fool to let you out free?”
“Sir, these villagers are fools. You are the wisest and kindest person here.
If you let me out free, I will run to another forest.
I swear that I will not harm you.”
Pundit itu berfikir sejenak dan kemudian dia berkata, "Baiklah tetapi
ingat janji kamu.” Pundit itu kemudian membuka sangkar. Serigala itu
melompat ke arah pundit untuk membunuhnya. Pundit itu berlari ke
semua arah yang mungkin untuk menyelamatkan nyawanya. Tiba-tiba dia
bertemu dengan seekor jackal. Dia pergi dan bersembunyi di belakang
jackal itu.“Apa yang berlaku pandit hebat? Kenapa awak lari macam ni?”
"Serigala besar yang ditangkap oleh pemburu meminta saya
membebaskannya dengan berjanji bahawa dia tidak akan membahayakan
saya tetapi sekarang dia datang untuk membunuh saya!" 7
The jackal was calm.
The wolf shouted at the jackal. “Move aside. If I pounce on you, I
will tear you to pieces.”
The jackal told the wolf, “Brother you're too huge. This pundit
was telling me that he saved you from the cage. I couldn't believe
my ears. That's what I was questioning him. He claims that he can
prove it to me but I knew it is impossible. You are the emperor of
this forest and how could this pundit save you? I asked him to
prove this.”
Jackal itu tenang. Serigala itu menjerit kepada Jackal, "Ke tepi.
Jika saya menerkam awak, saya akan mengoyakkan awak.”
Jackal itu memberitahu serigala itu, “Abang kamu terlalu besar.
Pundit ini memberitahu saya bahawa dia menyelamatkan kamu
dari sangkar. Saya tidak percaya telinga saya. Itulah yang saya
menyoalnya. Dia mendakwa bahawa dia boleh membuktikannya
kepada saya tetapi saya tahu ia adalah mustahil. Anda adalah
maharaja hutan ini dan bagaimana pundit ini boleh
menyelamatkan anda? Saya minta dia buktikan perkara ini.”
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The jackal asked the pundit and wolf to go with him to the cage
where the wolf could prove the pundit was lying. The arrogant,
foolish wolf went along.
When they reached the cage, the pundit declared,
“I saved the wolf from this cage.”
“He's lying. I was caught in the cage but using my sharp claws, I
opened the cage and came out. No one can imprison me,” the
proud wolf said.
“Pundit, now tell me how you opened the cage,” the jackal said.