ck! Go after
him! Haste!"

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And so Wooff-Wooff ran to Bab-ba's Father and Mother and
tried to tell them.

He ran backwards and forwards towards the jungle, and barked
and tried to make them follow; but they wouldn't understand,
and so at last he had to set out himself to try and find
him.

Now after Bab-ba had followed Hoodo a little way through the
garden, the snake turned to a little path which led to a
hole broken in the wall.

"You must crawl through here," said Hoodo, "the pretty
flowers are on the other side."

So Bab-ba crawled through and found himself in the jungle.

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"Further on! further on!" cried Hoodo, every time Bab-ba
stopped to gather any, "there are prettier ones further on."
And so Bab-ba went on and on till he came to where Tig the
Tiger lay asleep in the long grass.

"Now's your time," whispered Hoodo in his ear, "here's the
little white baby for your dinner." And Tig sprang up with a
roar.

But Bab-ba wasn't a bit frightened, and he only laughed, and
said "what a big, big Mioux-Mioux!" And he put his arms
around Tig's neck and nestled his head in his soft fur, till
Tig forgot all about his dinner, and purred with delight
just like Mioux-Mioux did when she was pleased.

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Hoodo was very angry at this, and finding that Tig was
making friends with Bab-ba instead of eating him up, he
called Bab-ba to him and said, "Come, let us be going, or we
shall be late home." And Bab-ba kissed Tig, the Tiger, and
followed Hoodo further into the jungle, till they met Prowl,
the Wolf. "Here's the little white baby," whispered Hoodo.
And Prowl said, "Ha!" and was going to spring upon him and
eat him up. But Bab-ba only laughed and said, "What a big
Wooff-Wooff!" and patted him on the head, and looked into
his eyes so that Prowl forgot all about eating him, and
licked his hands and frisked about him just as Wooff-Wooff
would have done.

"This is silly," said Hoodo angrily. "Come away, it is near to
sunset, and we must be getting home," and he led the way to
where Bluf, the big brown Bear, lived. "I've brought the
little white baby for you," said Hoodo. And Bluf said, "Ough!
very nice, very nice indeed!" And caught Bab-ba up in his arms
and hugged him.

"Just like my Ayah does!" laughed Bab-ba, and he patted
Bluf's cheeks and kissed him, so that Bluf didn't want to
eat him at all, but only to hug him and keep him warm.

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