if I cahnt beat Ou'
Jackalse worse dan him. So here's what you do.

"`You know where de leopard live, in de kloof on de yonder side de berg?
Now she's yust got four little cubses, an' she fin's it mighty hard
scratchin' to get scoff enough Well, tomorrow you comes home past Ou'
Jackalse's house, as if you was comin' from dat kloof, an' you have some
honey a-runnin' down your yaws an' a-drippin' on your paws, an' you pass
Ou' Jackalse where he's a-sittin' in de sun' at his house end. But you
don't say good mawnin' nor nawtin'--you yust goes on home.

"`Nex' day you does de same agen, an' dat time he's mighty sure to say
good mawnin', 'cause he'll a-bin tinkin' an' studyin' about dat honey
ever since yestiday. But you don't say not a word agen--you yust goes
on home.

"`Den de nex' day once mo', an' dat day you ses good mawnin' when he ses
it, an' dat'll be enough. Ahter dat he's mighty sure to open out an'
wheedle an' coax to get it out o' you where you got dat honey. But you
don't tell him at fust; you yust gives him a leetle teenty piece o'
honey-comb, what you's got wropped up in a green leaf. Dat'll make him
fair wild to get mo', an' den's your chance.

"`Ses you to him, p'r'aps you'll take him to it if he promise to keep it
quiet, an' he'll be dat stirred he'll promise afo'e you's done axin'.
Den you take him along to de kloof, an' in de kloof you take him along
to de great big rock at de fur end, an' under de rock you show him de
leopard's house. "Dere," ses you, "in dere's de honey;" an' in he'll
pop. Den you rolls a big stone in de door an' leaves him dere--de
leopard 'll do all de rest as soon as it come home.'

"Well, Ou' Wolf feel sure dat's a-gun' to be all right. It soun' so
slim he tink it's about all done a'ready except de laughin'. An he do
most o' dat, too, as he go off to start de business.

"Well, de fust day when Ou' Wolf come past his house Ou' Jackalse was
a-sittin' by de prickly pear in front an' he don't say a word. He yust
looks over his shoulder to see if de door's open so he can pop inside
an' bang it shut if Ou' Wolf make a dive for him. Den he notice de
honey a-drippin' on Ou' Wolfs mouf an' his paws an' he beat his tail
once on de groun' considerin'. But Ou' Wolf take no mo' notice dan if
he was his own shadda on de wall.

"Nex' day when Ou' Jackalse see him a-comin' he 'gun to won'er.
`Watto!' ses he. `Here's Ou' Wolf agen, an' de honey drippin' off'n him
worse'n yest