The end of the second half of the reading had a pretty surprising trickster among its midst. When I was reading I always expected the jackal to be the trickster, but he actually got outsmarted by the hedgehog. I guess technically because of the Jackal's demise he would be considered the fool. The funny things is though is that I considered the jackal the trickster all the way until the end of the story. What made the hedgehog the trickster was that he was tricked by the jackal at first when he took and hid the two jars on honey that the hedgehog found and planned to share. The jackal then continuously lied to the hedgehog in order to feast on the honey himself where he had hid it. When the hedgehog confronted the young jackal, he denied it, but eventually fessed up to hiding the honey jars. After this, the hedgehog had a trick up his sleeve. The hedgehog then invited the jackal to dinner that evening. When the jackal showed up, the hedgehog told the jackal he had to hide because the hedgehog had unexpected visitors, While the jackal was hiding, the hedgehog pushed a huge rock and crushed and killed the jackal. This is when the hedgehog became the trickster and the jackal the fool! I was very surprised to see the little hedgehog have the guts to kill the jackal. The irony behind it all is the jackal also never even saw it coming. I also find it interesting how a both of these characters switched roles. This is something that I would like to attempt to write in one of my own stories.
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