The Tigress, the Leopardess, the Zebra and the Wildcat came down into the world; only the Cat made every sacrifice. The Tigress, who did it halfway, stepped on her kills with her left paw and could not eat them: the hunter killed her, and her cubs died with no milk; the hunter killed the Leopardess too. The Zebra sacrificed with borrowed money — and her seven creditors devoured one another when they came to collect, leaving nobody to pay. That is why cats are not sacrificed or eaten, and raise their young without trouble.
Four sisters agreed to be born into the world at the same time: the Tigress, the Leopardess, the Zebra and the Wildcat. Obara Iwori marked what they had to offer —a hen, a turtle and rotten materials—, told them to hold a feast for their animals so they would earn everyone's respect and, above all, to cover themselves against the danger of misfortune; each one would also feed her head: beef for the Tigress, plenty of meat for the Leopardess, guineas for the Zebra, and rats with fish for the Wildcat. Only the Wildcat did all of it and, because Orunmila insisted, she left her head on top of a hill. The Tigress barely fed her head and neglected the rest. The Leopardess and the Zebra did not want to offer anything.
One morning the Tigress went out to get food for her cubs and brought down an antelope; while she was opening it, fruit fell from the tree, the fright made her step on it with her left hand, and tigers do not eat meat they have stepped on with that hand. She left the prey, then brought down a deer and the same thing happened again. She came back hungry and, already close to her house, the hunter finished her off; with no milk to suckle, her cubs died. The same hunter also killed the Leopardess, when she was out looking for food for her young.
Seeing that, the Zebra ran to Orunmila to be read again, and asked for the money for the materials on credit, promising to pay it back as soon as the first rains passed. The Worm, the Hen and the Fox lent to her; so did her brothers-in-law —the husbands of the Tigress and of the Leopardess—, the Hunter and the Boa. It rained, and they all came for what was theirs; she left them waiting outside with the excuse of counting the money. There the Hen ate the Worm; the Fox ate the Hen; the Leopard ate the Fox; the Tiger killed the Leopard; the Hunter shot the Tiger; and the Boa, who was right on the Hunter's heels, ended up under his foot when he stepped back, and bit him: he cut her in two with his machete, but the poison reached him and he died. The seven creditors wiped each other out and there was no one left to pay. The Wildcat, the only one who sacrificed, came out without a scratch: that is why cats are not used in sacrifice, their meat is not eaten, and their young grow up small without trouble. If this Ifá comes out in Igbodu, you must find out whether the person is one of four siblings: each one has to feed Eshu a goat, bread and ekó, give a turtle to Ogún, and hold a feast with the whole family.