ABSTRACT

A Rooster and an Elephant kept house together. But one day the Elephant went and caught hold of the door-post of the Rooster's hut, and broke it. And the Rooster went and took a lot of rubbish and threw it inside the Elephant's hut (1). Then the Elephant said "O Rooster, I am going to fight you," and the Rooster replied " Very well, let each assemble his Relatives." So the Elephant went and called out all the Beasts of the Forest, and the Rooster went and mobilized all the Birds, and when the latter had come near to the battle-field, the Hawk said to the Rooster " I am the Commander of your Army" (2).