Reading Notes: Fables of Bidpai A

The Hunter, The Fox, and The Leopard

• A hunter saw a beautiful fox and wanted its pelt
• he set a trap outside the fox's hole
• the hunter dug a pit, covered it with twigs and leaves, then put some meat on it
• the fox immediately realized it was a trap and went to find a new home
• a leopard wandered by, smelled the meat, and fell into the pit
• the hunter, thinking the fox had fallen in, jumped out from his hiding place and into the pit
• the leopard killed the hunter in the pit

Fox

Source: Fables of Bidpai by Maude Barrows Dutton