all dat nex' day.

"But he wants dat feed, an' he don't want to get ketched--dat's two
tings; an' he tink, an' he tink, an' study, but it all come back to de
one ting; he'll yust hatto rope Ou' Wolf into de game if he's a-goin' to
do it at all.

"Well, he raunge about, an' he dodge about till at last he see Ou' Wolf
a-comin'. Den he turn his back to him an' make like he's a-slinkin' an'
a-stalkin' ahter sometin'. Dat set Ou' Wolf a-wonderin', an' he sit
down an' watch Ou' Jackalse a-stealin' an' a-feelin' troo de bushes till
he's most out o' sight. `Tell you what,' ses Ou' Wolf to hisse'f,
`darie Ou' Jackalse is ahter sometin' good, I know. I's better watch
him an' see if dere ain't sometin' in it for me too.'

"So up he get an' stalk on ahter Ou' Jackalse; an' Ou' Jackalse he don't
let on but yust keeps on a-walkin' an' a-baulkin' till he comes to where
he can see dat kraal he's a-wantin' at. Dere he get behind a big stone
where Ou' Wolf ain't a-gun' to see him till he step out right alongside
him.

"Ou' Wolf he keep on a-stalk an' a-stalkin', till all in a eye-open he
find hisse'f rubbin' ribses wid Ou' Jackalse, an' he's dat 'stonish dat
he ketch his breaf, an' he don't know de fust word to say.

"But Ou' Jackalse open on him wid de biggest wide-open smile. `Oh!' ses
he, `so dat's you, is it? An' you stalks me like dat, does you? By de
jimminy, I al'ays did say you was about de slimmes' ole _takhaar_ on de
veldt. Well, dat's good, dat is, to ketch me like dat; an' now you's
foun' me out I s'pose I'll ha' to own up. Dat _is_ de kraal I's a-gun'
to get de big feed outo'. But I don't mind anyhow; dere's enough for de
two of us, an' forty times over if dat's all. An' to-night's a-gun' to
be yust de right night as well.'

"Ou' Wolf he's dat shamed at bein' ketched like dat, an' dat glad o'
gettin' off so good, dat he sit right down an' talk growly to save his
feelin's. `Ho! you ses dere's enough for de two on us, does you. Dat's
how many?'

"`You count 'em when you sees 'em by'n'by,' ses Ou' Jackalse. `You wait
here till it 'gins to get night an' den you'll see de sheep yust make
darie kraal white. An' fat!--dey's yust so fat dey waddles.'

"`Is dey?' Ou' Wolf fair feel his back begin to rise. `An' you tinks
we'll get 'em a' right?' ses he.

"`Get 'em?' ses Ou' Jackalse, like dat is a ting to say. `You yust wait
an' see.'

"Well, dere dey wait an' dere dey watch, an' dere when de sun drop de