Stories of tricksters have been around since the beginning of story telling. As any trickster story I focus on the trickster of course and in this case is the Jackal. Brahman walks by a tiger stuck in the cage and does not want to let him out because he will eat him. After sobbing and pleading, Brahman finally lets him out and as he's telling this to the jackal, the jackal seems very confused. He asks him to repeat it multiple times and tells him to take him to the cage where the tiger is. The Jackals confusion manipulates the tiger into getting back into the cage causing him to be trapped once again.
I wonder if there is another way for the jackal to trick the tiger other than pure confusion. Could he use some sort of magic to convince the tiger to get back in the cage?
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