Kancil Escape Reverse

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Caught and bound for the cooking pot, Kancil pretends to dread one fate above all and begs not to be flung into the thorn thicket — anything but that. His captor, wishing to punish him most, hurls him straight into the thorns, where the nimble mouse-deer lands unhurt and darts away. Moral: let your enemy's spite carry you exactly where you wish to go. — Sang Kancil (Malay folklore)