Panchatantra Jackal Dead Elephant

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A jackal finds a dead elephant too tough to tear open, and as a lion, a tiger, and a leopard arrive each hungry for it, he plays them against one another with flattery and fear until all have gone — then opens the carcass at leisure through the soft trunk, and eats alone. Moral: where the strong contend, the cunning dine. — Panchatantra (attrib. Vishnu Sharma)