Hinduism

Old Deccan Days: XII. The Jackal, the Barber, and the Brahman who had seven daughters

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A BARBER and a Jackal once struck up a great friendship, which might have continued to this day, had not the Jackal been so clever that the Barber never felt quite on equal terms with him, and suspected his friend of playing him many tricks. But this he was not able to prove. One day the Jackal said to the Barber, 'It would be a nice thing for us to have a garden of our own, in which we might grow as many cucumbers, pumpkins, and melons as we like.

Old Deccan Days: XII. The Jackal, the Barber, and the Brahman who had seven daughters

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