s the

forgot all about what he had done, and he made as if he though

held between his right forefinger and thumb, sneezed wi

Hyena was quite well

ing to hire myself to a farmer. He'll give me lots to eat and drink, and when

. She thought it a very good plan. So they went to a farm, and Jakh

rge fat tails that could be melted out for soap and candles, and eggs, and doves and pigeons-al

he middle of the night, when all the people were fast asleep, he got up and went quietly, my baasjes, quietly, like a shadow on the ground, to the place where the fat was.

the farmer went out to milk

' he said. 'It must be that vagabo

n-house to catch Jakhals and give him a beating. But when he

ing? And look at my tail. There's no fat on it.

the farmer's face, and anyone could e

'someone must have stolen it,' and he wen

sawing planks-gorr-korrr, gorr-korr-but nice soft snoring like people do when they sleep very fast-see-uw, see-uw. It is the deepest

said the farmer, and he beg

's the matter?' she asked. 'I had a beautiful dream

, and he pulled the rope tighter. 'And now

d round the waggon-house trying to get away; she called out, and she called out that she did not

'Will you tell me that your tail went b

beat her-ach! she was quite sore-and she screamed and

e, baasjes see, with the running round and the beating, it was all rubbed off. Bu

end, Outa?"

d end, but Outa can't help

s all the time?" enqu

yers-so, my baasjes." Outa put his crooked hands together and

, bezie

handjes

s begged her not to steal again, but t

indignantly. "He was always the wicked one,

face, and though his eyes danced as wickedly

Baas Willem saw in the Kaap,2 that runs down a place so quickly that it just runs up on the other si

switchback?"

nd often the good ones are down and the bad ones are up. But the thing-Outa can't get the nam

d always to be up,

e up. It goes so sometimes, it goes so," but his eyes suddenly had a far

berry, b

r hands

ap-Cap