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The Jackal's Black Back

One day, the jackal saw a little girl sitting up in a tree. 'Why are you sitting up there, pretty child?' he asked.

'I am tired, I must rest,' she replied.

'Come down, and I will carry you home on my back,' said the jackal.

'I am a sun child. I ride on no jackal's back,' was the haughty reply.

But the jackal coaxed and cajoled with such a sweet tongue that at last she ...

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