Did n't you boast you were very sharp ? You undertook to guard our water ; now show us how much is left for us to drink ! ' ` It is all the fault of the jackal , ' replied the little hare , ` He told me he would give me something nice to eat if I would just let him tie my hands behind my back . ' Then the animals said , ` Who can we trust to mount guard now ? ' And the panther answered , ` Let it be the tortoise . ' The following morning the animals all went their various ways , leaving the tortoise to guard the spring . When they were out of sight the jackal came back . ` Good morning , tortoise ; good morning . ' But the tortoise took no notice . ` Good morning , tortoise ; good morning . ' But still the tortoise pretended not to hear . Then the jackal said to himself , ` Well , to-day I have only got to manage a bigger idiot than before . I shall just kick him on one side , and then go and have a drink . ' So he went up to the tortoise and said to him in a soft voice , ` Tortoise ! tortoise ! ' but the tortoise took no notice . Then the jackal kicked him out of the way , and went to the well and began to drink , but scarcely had he touched the water , than the tortoise seized him by the leg . The jackal shrieked out : ` Oh , you will break my leg ! ' but the tortoise only held on the tighter . The jackal then took his bag and tried to make the tortoise smell the honeycomb he had inside ; but the tortoise turned away his head and smelt nothing .
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