little beating well look to it then that thou dost not kill the man he is no tree trunk to thy claws upon but what are those master words i am more likely to give help than to ask it � stretched out one and admired the steel blue at the end of it � still i should like to know i will call and he shall say them � if he will come little brother my head is ringing like a bee tree said a sullen little voice over their heads and slid down a tree trunk very angry and indignant adding as he s hunting reached the ground i come for and not for fat old that is all one to me said though he was hurt and grieved tell then the master words of the that i have taught thee this day master words for which people said delighted to show off the has many tongues know them all a little thou but not much see o they never thank their teacher not one small has ever come back to thank old for his say the word for the hunting then � great scholar we be of one blood ye and i said giving the words the bear accent which all the hunting people use good now for the birds repeated with the s whistle at the end of the sentence now for the snake people said the answer was a perfectly indescribable hiss and kicked up his feet behind clapped his hands together to himself and jumped on to s back where he sat sideways with his heels on the glossy skin and making the worst faces he could think of at there � there that was worth a little said the brown bear tenderly some day thou wilt remember me then he turned aside to tell how he had begged the master words from the wild elephant who knows all about these things and how had taken down to a pool to get the book the snake word from a water snake because could not pronounce it and how was now reasonably safe against all accidents in the because neither snake bird nor beast would hurt him no one then is to be feared wound up patting his big stomach with pride except his own tribe said under his breath and then aloud to have a care for my ribs little brother what is all this dancing up and down had been trying to make himself heard by pulling at s shoulder fur and kicking hard when the two listened to him he was shouting at the top of his voice and so i shall have a tribe of my own and lead them through the branches all day long what is this new folly little of dreams said yes and throw branches and dirt at old went on they have promised me this ah s big off s back and as the boy lay between the big fore he could see the bear was angry said thou hast been talking with the log � the monkey people looked at to see if the was angry too and s eyes were as hard as stones thou hast been with the monkey people � the gray � the people without a law � the of everything that is great shame when hurt my head said he was still on his back i went away and the gray s hunting came down from the trees and had pity on me no one else cared he a little the pity of the monkey people the stillness of the mountain stream the cool of the summer sun and then man and then and then they gave me nuts and pleasant things to eat and they � they carried me in their arms up to the top of the trees and said i was their blood brother except that i had no tail and should be their leader some day they have no leader said � they lie they have always lied they were very kind and bade me come again why have i never been taken among the monkey people they stand on their feet as i do they do not hit me with hard they play all day let tne get up bad let me up i play with them again listen said the bear and his voice like thunder on a hot night i have taught thee all the law of the for all the of the � except the monkey folk who live in the trees they have no law they are they have no speech of their own but use the stolen words which they when they listen and peep and wait up above in the branches their way is not our way they are without leaders they have no remembrance they boast and chatter and pretend that they are a great people about to do great affairs in the but the falling of a nut turns their minds to laughter and all is forgotten we of the have no dealings with them we do not drink where the drink we do hot go the book where the go we do not hunt where they hunt we do not die where they die hast thou ever heard me speak of the log till to day no said in a whisper for the forest was very still now had finished the people put them out of their mouths and out of their mind they are very many evil dirty and they desire if they have any fixed desire to be noticed by the people but we do not notice them even when they throw nuts and on our heads he had hardly spoken when a shower of nuts and twigs down through the branches and they could hear and and angry high up in the air among the thin branches the monkey people are forbidden said 