Series: Kaniyo. Tales

Also known as "The Loyal Mongoose", tells of a mongoose that saves a baby from a venomous snake. The child's mother, seeing the mongoose with its blood-stained mouth upon their return, mistakenly believes it has harmed her child and kill it in a moment of rage. She then discovers the child is safe and the dead snake is nearby, and she is overcome with grief and regret for their hasty and thoughtless action.