Three Jackals:

 written by: Nasratullah Samim

There were three jackals, Jambo, Chato and Long Nose, living in a jungle. Chato had a habit of quarrelling on a small issue with other animals.

 Jambo had made a nice cave for him. One day he invited his friends to his cave. After the lunch, they went for swimming. Chato splashed water on Jambo and Long Nose, but while they splashed water on Chato, he cried and quarreled with them and all went home.

Another day, these three jackals went to a mountain to eat something. Jambo said that he found a precious thing. Chato asked to give to him, because he said that he saw it first. Jambo asked about any sing of the precious thing, but Chato didn’t know. Chato forced Jambo to give the precious thing(bell) to him. Jambo and Long Nose got angry and went home.

One night, a heavy rain ruined the Chato’s cave. He tried to build a new  one for him, but a huge rock stopped his effort. He called all animals of the jungle for help, but none of them were eager to help him.

When Chato tried to move the big rock, suddenly he cried loudly. Jambo and Long Nose heard his voice and arrived to help him. They moved the rock and pulled out the leg of Chato under the rock. His leg was broken. They took him to their home and cured his leg and also built Chato’s cave.

Chato was regretful and promised not to quarrel any more with anyone. After that day, they were again close friends and playing together.