And the wife answered , ` It is well . Now go and take out the children , so that I may remain alone in the hut , ' and as she spoke she lifted down an old stone pot and put on the liver to cook . Her husband watched her for a moment , and then said , ` Be sure you eat it all yourself . Do not give a scrap to any of the children , but eat every morsel up . ' So the woman took the liver and ate it all herself . Directly the last mouthful had disappeared she was seized with such violent thirst that she caught up a great pot full of water and drank it at a single draught . Then , having no more in the house , she ran in next door and said , ` Neighbour , give me , I pray you , something to drink . ' The neighbour gave her a large vessel quite full , and the woman drank it off at a single draught , and held it out for more . But the neighbour pushed her away , saying , ` No , I shall have none left for my children . ' So the woman went into another house , and drank all the water she could find ; but the more she drank the more thirsty she became . She wandered in this manner through the whole village till she had drunk every water-pot dry . Then she rushed off to the nearest spring , and swallowed that , and when she had finished all the springs and wells about she drank up first the river and then a lake . But by this time she had drunk so much that she could not rise from the ground . In the evening , when it was time for the animals to have their drink before going to bed , they found the lake quite dry , and they had to make up their minds to be thirsty till the water flowed again and the streams were full . Even then , for some time , the lake was very dirty , and the lion , as king of the beasts , commanded that no one should drink till it was quite clear again . But the little hare , who was fond of having his own way , and was very thirsty besides , stole quietly off when all the rest were asleep in their dens , and crept down to the margin of the lake and drank his fill . Then he smeared the dirty water all over the rabbit 's face and paws , so that it might look as if it were he who had been disobeying Big Lion 's orders . The next day , as soon as it was light , Big Lion marched straight for the lake , and all the other beasts followed him . He saw at once that the water had been troubled again , and was very angry . ` Who has been drinking my water ? '
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