Panchatantra Four Friends

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A deer, a crow, a mouse, and a tortoise live as fast friends. When the deer is snared by a hunter, the crow scouts, the mouse gnaws the net, and they free him; when the slow tortoise is then caught, the deer decoys the hunter while the mouse cuts the second net. Moral: loyal friends, each with their gift, save one another. — Panchatantra (attrib. Vishnu Sharma)