One day, Rabbit invited his neighbour, Hyena, to attend a burial ceremony of his father in-law with him.

A day after, the two neighbours embarked on the journey.

They covered a reasonable distance of their journey, but there was no sign of a village. Hyena became tired and hungry.

He asked, "How much longer shall we walk before arriving at your in-laws' place?"

"It is still a little bit far," answered Rabbit.

On hearing this, Hyena became more disturbed as the journey had to continue.

Along the way, they came across a creature lying by the road side. It had pointed legs, a set of claws and a segmented tail.

"What is this"? asked Hyena.

"Oh! That is Scorpion. He is little but dangerous," Rabbit replied.

"I will swallow it," said Hyena.

"Ah! Don't try that, he vomits fire," Rabbit warned.

Reluctantly and angrily, Hyena said, "Then, Let us keep going."

After a little while, Hyena said he was thirsty. He branched into the nearby forest, pretending to look for a river.

He then turned and went to where they had left Scorpion.

On finding Scorpion, Hyena rushed and tried to swallow him.

Booooomm, the little but dangerous creature did not waste time. He gave Hyena a hot sting on his nose.

"Oh, my nose! Oh my mouth! Oh my tongue!" shouted Hyena.

Alerted by the loud cry of Hyena, Rabbit rushed toward that direction. He found Hyena languishing in pain.

"I warned you but you wouldn't listen," said Rabbit.

Rabbit and Hyena continued on their journey. Hyena screamed and complained of pains from Scorpion's sting.

Rabbit turned to console him from time to time.

When they finally arrived at the burial, Rabbit joined his relatives in mourning for the loss of their beloved one.

Hyena continued screaming from pain. "I wish I hadn't come," he said quietly.