Told by HARI CHAND or HEM CHANDI, teacher of a
village school, Mirzápur district. A variant of
the same, told by SHEO-DÁN, Chamár, Chankiyá,
Mirzápur district.
Banya sees Tiger sunk in the mud--Tiger tries him to release him--Swears
he will not hurt him or his family--Banya saves him--Says Tiger, "Shall
I eat you or your ox?"--Banya protests--Tiger: "It is the way of my
family"--Banya says, "Let the Jackal arbitrate"--Jackal asks to see the
place the Tiger was in--Then to be shown exactly how he was--The Tiger
goes in again, and the Jackal advises the man to go home and leave him.