‘So anyway,’ the Jackal went on, ‘what I recommend is this. Fly over to the village and steal some trinket, and make a show of doing it. Then bring it back here and drop it on the Snake’s den. The villagers will follow you to get their jewellery back, and they will do your work for you.’ The Raven thanked the Jackal, and after observing that one must not slight the suggestions of friends, nor act in opposition to the wise, flew over to the village to await her opportunity.

She was soon rewarded. A young woman going to bathe laid down a glittering ring, and the Raven swooped in. With much flapping of wings she carried it off in her beak, circled while a wrathful posse of villagers ran after her, and then dropped the ring into the Snake’s den just as they caught up with her. Even as the clever Jackal predicted, the villagers clambered over, broke open the den, crushed the Snake’s head, and recovered the ring.

Thus was the Raven delivered from her enemy by the wise counsel of the Jackal.