The crow said - Be it so. Then in the morning, they all went to places where their will led them. Once the jackal said to the deer in solitude - Friend, in a corner of this wood there is a field full of corn. I shall take you there and show it to you. That being done, the deer went there every day and ate the corn. Now, the master of the field observed this and set a snare. Then the deer going there again was caught into the snare; whereupon he reflected - Who but a friend can deliver me from the hunter's snare as from the snare of Death? Presently the jackal came up and standing near reflected - As to the success of my wish, it has borne fruit by my well-arranged scheme. When he will be cut up, I am sure to get his bones covered with flesh and blood which will serve me as food plentifully. The deer, delighted at his sight, said, Friend, cut my bonds at once; quickly save me. For, one should know (the sincerity of) a friend in calamities, a warrior in battle, an honest man when in debt, a wife when fortune declines and relatives in difficulties.