about."
Hare says: "Mr. Leopard, let him be again on the tree, where he was; that I may
see." Mr. Leopard returns to the tree, where he was. Hare moves off to a
distance; he calls Nianga. He says: "Thou, Nianga, art unwise. Mr. Leopard is a
wild beast, he is wont to catch people. Thou, who didst get him out of there, he
wanted to devour thee. Shoot him."
Nianga then shoots Mr. Leopard.
The end . . . "is with God."
Leopard and the Other Animals
Mr. Leopard lived. One day hunger grasps him. He says: "How shall I do? I will
call all the animals in the world, saying, 'Come ye, let us have a medical
consultation.' When the animals come then I may catch and eat."
He sends at once to call Deer, Antelope, Soko, Hare, and Philantomba. They
gather, saying: "Why didst thou send for us?" He says: "Let us consult medicine,
that we get health."
The sun is broken down. They begin the drums outside with the songs.
Mr. Leopard himself is beating the drum; he is saying, saying:
"O Antelope! O Deer!
Your friend is sick;
Do not shun him!
O Antelope! O Deer!
Your friend is sick;
Do not shun him!
O Antelope! O Deer!
Your friend is sick;
Do not shun him'"Deer says: "Chief, the drum, how art thou playing it? Bring it here; that I play
it." Mr. Leopard gives him it. Deer takes the drum, says: