Tale

 1 Laili |         jackal came an enormous snake. "Oh," says the fish, "do
 2 Laili |     Majnun; I want Majnun."~The snake said, "Open your mouth wide,
 3 Laili |        and see what it is." The snake went down: when he returned
 4 Laili |         Rohu. "Oh no," said the snake, "you will not, for I will
 5 Laili |        the fish agreed, and the snake got a, knife and cut him
 6 Laili |         had lost her teeth. The snake took her on his back and
 7 Ring  |         were quarrelling over a snake that had just been caught.
 8 Ring  |          Please do not kill the snake," said he; "I will give
 9 Ring  |       the dog, the cat, and the snake, which he had purchased
10 Ring  |        dog at his head, and the snake over his body, with its
11 Ring  |       on the other.~One day the snake in course of conversation
12 Ring  |       Well said!" continued the snake. "Do you see yonder mountain?
13 Ring  |       jump in, according to the snake's directions. "O master!"
14 Ring  |     them.~The young man and the snake reached their destination
15 Ring  |      appear before him. But the snake refused, saying that it
16 Gold  |  Suddenly he saw a great hooded snake creeping out of an ant-hill
17 StNote|         Brahmin once observed a snake in his field, and thinking
18 StNote| treasure determines to slay the snake. He strikes at its head
19 StNote|     death, from the bite of the snake.~Pants. III. v. (Benf. 244 -
20 StNote|        become friendly with the snake, who came into his house
21 StNote|      death from the bite of the snake.~Aesop, Halm 96b (Babrius-Gitlb.
22 StNote|        does not explain why the snake was friendly in the first