Folklore: A Tale of Hunter and The Deer

Kishor Subba Limbu
Source: Lal Bahadur Rai

Once upon a time, there was a hunter. The hunter used to kill the prey by setting a trap in the forest. One day, a deer was caught in a trap. The fox was making his way through the path where the deer was caught in the trap.The deer begged the fox, "Oh fox, you are such an intelligence that this is why you are well known as the Jammumantri (the minister of the trick), so please let me out of the trap." He begged me to save him. The fox says, "I'm here." Why are you worried? I'm going to contact the person who can assist you in breaking free from the trap."After a while, the crow came the same way. "I got caught in a trap; could you please help me free myself from this trap?" begged the deer.The Jammu Minister had previously taken this path.I begged him too. He is also going to call the person who will cut the trap. The crow said, "That's the Jammusyal!" where that Jammusyal would call to the person and set him free. He must have been hiding somewhere around so that he could get to the bones and the leftover flesh of the hunter. Instead, now I know the trick. First, I'll go to the hunter's house. When the hunter left home, he checked for his trap. I'll come forward. You act as if you are dead. I act as if you are stuck in my ear. "The hunter will not care for you because he thought you were already dead, and you have to run out at the right time." Then the crow fled for the hunter's house. They were about to leave to check the trap. The crow comes back before the hunter, and the crow approaches the deer to act like it's dead, and the crow begins to prick up his ears. When the hunter saw that the deer was in the trap, the prey was already dead, and the crow had already begun to eat. The crow was looking down from the tree. The hunter cut out the trap and collected the fodder to cut the flesh of the prey. As a warning to the deer, the crow yells "crow, crow, crow," gets up, jumps, and flees.The hunter throws his knife towards the fleeing deer. The fox was hiding in the bushes when the knife struck him on the head.The fox died on the spot.
 
 

(Source: Lal Bahadur Rai, Pachkhapan Municipality-5, Sankhuwasabha, Nepal)

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