Hitopadesha 1.53.p1

1.53.p1

atha laghu-patanaka-nāmā kākaḥ sarva-vṛttānta-darśī sāścaryam idam āha-aho hiraṇyaka ! ślāghyo 'si, ato 'ham api tvayā saha maitrīṃ kartum icchāmi | atas tvaṃ māṃ maitryeṇānugrahītum arhasi | etac chrutvā hiraṇyako 'pi vivarābhyantarād āha-kas tvam ?

Now Light o' Leap, the Crow, had been a spectator of the whole transaction, and wondered at it so much that at last he called out, "Ho! Golden-skin, thou very laudable Prince, let me too be a friend of thine, and give me thy friendship."

"Who art thou?" said Golden-skin, who heard him, but would not come out of his hole.