mouse deer

So the Mouse-deer bandaged his legs and made them secure, so that the Giant was quite unable to move.

"I cannot," said the Mouse-deer, "because the King has asked me to watch his gong," pointing to the bees' nest.

King Solomon replied, saying, "If the Mouse-deer hath done this thing wittingly, assuredly he is guilty of death."

The days ran into months, the months became years, and still no mouse-deer.