ound, saw him in the grass and heard him
yelp, "Awu-ou-ou! Awu-ou-ou! Kill him! kill him!" dropped the goat for
an instant and said, "Ah, it is you, my false friend, is it? Wait a
bit, and I will teach you how you may steal once too often." With eyes
like balls of fire, he rushed at him, and would have torn him into
pieces, but Dog's instinct told him that the game he had been playing
was up, and burying his tail between his hind legs, he turned and fled
for dear life. Round and round the village he ran, darting this way and
that, until, finding his strength was oozing out of him, he dashed
finally through a gap in the fence, straight into a man's house and
under the bed, where he lay gasping and panting. Seeing that the man,
who had been scared by his sudden entry, was about to take his spear to
kill him, he crawled from under the bed to the man's feet, and licked
them, and turned on his back imploring mercy. The man took pity on him,
tied him up, and made a pet of him. Ever since Dog and Man have been
firm friends, but a mortal hatred has existed between Dog and Leopard.
Dog's back always bristles straight up when his enemy is about, and
there is no truer warning of the Leopard's presence than that given by
Dog--while Leopard would rather eat a dog than a goat any day. That is
the way--as I heard it in Unyoro--that the chumship between Leopard and
Dog was broken up.

CHAPTER TWELVE.

THE LEGEND OF THE CUNNING TERRAPIN AND THE CRANE.

The following story of the cunning Terrapin and the Crane established
Kadu's reputation among us, and the Zanzibaris were never so amused as
on this evening.

"Master," began Kadu, after we had made ourselves comfortable before a
bright and crackling fire, "some men say that animals do not reason, and
cannot express themselves, but I should like to know how it is that we
perceive that there is great cunning in their actions, as though they
calculated beforehand how to act, and what would be the result. We
Waganda think animals are very clever. We observe the cock in the yard,
and the hen with her chickens; the leopard, as he is about to pounce on
his prey; the lion, as he is about to attack; the crocodile, as he
prepares for his rush; the buffalo in the shade, as he awaits the
hunter; the elephant, as he stands at attention; and we say to
ourselves, how intelligent they are! Our legends are all founded on
these things, and we interpret the actions of animals from havin