Damanaka’s stories showed how people often paid for their own folly. He told Karataka that now they were starving because they had brought the bull to the lion king. So, they planned to break the friendship between the lion and the bull. “We have to do some trickery like the crow who killed the serpent,” advised Damanaka. “How could a crow kill a serpent?” Karataka asked. “Ah! That is how one has to plan some trickery to cause a rift between your enemies, when both of whom are strong!” said Damanaka, “We must find a way to make them fight each other. Then we will be able to destroy the bull.” “What is the story of the crow?” asked Karataka. Damanaka began by telling him about a pair of crows who lived on a tree. In the hollow of that tree lived a large black serpent who always ate up their young nestlings.
The Jackals’ Plan
