Then the Washerman said thus, "Ane! His face is like our
uncle's. Ane! I indeed cannot kill him."
The man who was holding the leopard, said, "If so, I will kill him;
you hold the tail."
Then the Washerman having said, "It is good," took hold of the tail. At
the time when he was holding it, this man said, "[You] who have become
uncle and have become nephew, stay there," and came home.
Thereafter, at the time when that Washerman was letting go the
leopard's tail, the leopard killed and ate that Washerman, and
went away.
Subsequently, the man who owned this chena having gone [there], taking
the bundle of clothes which that Washerman had taken and thrown down,
came home.
North-central Province.
In Cinq Cents Contes et Apologues (Chavannes), vol. ii, p. 226, an
old woman who was attacked by a bear, turned round a tree to avoid
it. When the bear stretched its paws round the tree in trying to reach
her, she seized and held them. A man who came up was requested by her
to assist her to kill the animal and share the flesh. He accordingly
also seized the paws; when he had got well hold the old woman let go
and escaped, the man being afterwards mauled by the bear.