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330. The Lion And The Tiger

Once upon a time when Brahmadatta was reigning in Benares, the Bodhisatta was a tree-god in a forest. At that time a lion and a tiger lived in a mountain-cave in that forest. A jackal was in attendance on them, and living on their broken meats began to grow big. And one day he was struck with the thought, “I have not yet eaten the flesh of a lion or a tiger. I must make this lion and tiger quarrel and they will fight to death. Then I will eat their flesh.”