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Village Folk-Tales of Ceylon, Volume 2 (of 3)

Note 1 — The Leopard and the Calf

H. (Henry) Parker translation

In a little time, having seen that the Calf has become big the Leopard came to eat him. Thereupon the Bull (the grown-up calf) says to the Leopard, “You cannot eat me in that way. Go to the jungle, and breaking a large creeper1 come [back with it],” he said.

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