Communication skills for Students Have you read the story of the jackal that fell into the washer man’s tub and was colored blue? Here I narrate it once again. Once upon a time there lived a jackal that strayed into a city in search of food. He was hungry and was being chased by a group of dogs. He accidentally entered the house of a dyer and fell into a vat of indigo (blue), and was stained blue from head to toe. When he escaped from the house back into the forest, all animals were surprised.