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7CLOSE SHAVE FOR THE JACKALS
"Only a fool learns from his own mistakes. The wise man learns from the mistakes of others."
— Otto Von Bismarck
(Athena Continues) “For the next few weeks, the animals continued to share the same drinking spot. The weather wouldn’t relent and all other water sources had dwindled or completely disappeared. Many animals in such a situation tempted to move on, because quite a few of them, from within both the predator and prey, were still not entirely comfortable about the truce protection. But they all stayed, and came back every day to the same place to drink, though did not linger after having their fill, heeding the advice of the elephant.
The animals also took the other advice of the elephant very seriously, and being anxious to be back for the month-
