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The Farmer Tricks the Jackals.
I. Farmer vs. jackal. (a) A jackal forces a woman carrying food to her husband to give him food. (b) The husband disguises as a woman carrying food and beats the jackal, etc. (c) The jackal threatens to defecate on the man's plow. The man affixes knives to his plow and the jackal is cut. (d) The man tricks the vengeful jackal in other ways. (e) The jackals tell the farmer to cook his seed before sowing it. The jackals come at night and eat the seed.
II. The funeral feast. The man feigns death and his wife invites the jackals to a funeral feast. When the jackals are all in the house or all tied, the man rises from his bier and beats the jackals, etc. [K751, K811.1].
III. Jackal's punishment and escape. The jackal is tied by a path and beaten daily until his body is swollen [K713.1]. He gets another jackal to take his place by saying he is plump from good feeding [K842.3].
India 19.