Thou hollow-cheeked son
Of a hollow-cheeked one,
My hollow-cheeked one!
Who hast two hip-bones,
High hip-bones,
With which thou sittest on the edge of the rock,
Thou whose face appears like the edge of a rock.
The Baboon, it is said, once worked bamboos, sitting on the edge of a
precipice, and the Lion stole upon him. The Baboon, however, had fixed
some round, glistening, eye-like plates on the back of his head. When,
therefore, the Lion crept upon him, he thought, when the Baboon was
looking at him, that he sat with his back towards him, and crept with
all his might upon him. When, however, the Baboon turned his back
towards him, the Lion thought that he was seen, and hid himself. Thus,
when the Baboon looked at him, he crept upon him. Whilst the Baboon did
this, the Lion came close upon him. When he was near him the Baboon
looked up, and the Lion continued to creep upon him. The Baboon said
(aside), “Whilst I am looking at him he steals upon me, whilst my
hollow eyes are on him.”
When at last the Lion sprung at him, he lay (quickly) down upon his
face, and the Lion jumped over him, falling down the precipice, and was
dashed to pieces.