you of my blood he added lying down at full length one flank thrust out of the and then between his teeth but for that which is the law it would be very good hunting the quick spread ears of the deer caught the last sentence and a frightened whisper ran along the ranks the remember the peace there peace the wild elephant the holds this is no time to talk of hunting who should know better than i answered rolling his yellow eyes up stream i am an of � a of would i could get good from branches we wish so very greatly a young who had only been bom that spring and did not at all like it wretched as the people were even could not help while lying on his elbows in the warm water laughed aloud and beat up the foam with his feet well spoken little bud horn � when the ends that shall be remembered in thy favour and he looked keenly through the darkness to make sure of the again the second book gradually the talk spread up and down the drinking places you could hear the pig asking for more room the among themselves as they out across the and the deer telling pitiful stories of their long in quest of food now and again they asked some question of the of flesh across the river but all the news was bad and the roaring hot wind of the came and went between the rocks and the rattling branches and scattered twigs and dust on the water the men folk too they die beside their said a young i passed three between sunset and night they lay still and their with them we also shall lie still in a little the river has fallen since last night said o hast thou ever seen the like of this it will pass it will pass said water along his back and sides we have one here that cannot endure long said and he looked towards the boy he loved i said indignantly sitting up in the water i have no long fur to cover my bones but � but if thy hide were pulled off shook all over at the idea and said severely man that is not to tell a teacher how fear came tj of the law never have i been seen without my hide nay i meant no harm but only that thou art as it were like the in the and i am the same all naked now that brown of thine was sitting and explaining things with his forefinger in his usual way when put out a and pulled him over backwards into the water worse and worse said the black as the boy rose first is to be and now he is a be careful that he does not do what the ripe do and what is that said oflf his guard for the minute though that is one of the oldest catches in the break thy head said quietly pulling him under again it is not good to make a jest of thy teacher said the bear when had been for the third time not good what would ye have that naked thing running to and fro makes a monkey jest of those who have once been good hunters and the best of us by the whiskers for sport this was the lame tiger down to the water he waited a little to enjoy the sensation he made among the deer on the opposite bank then second book i the second book he dropped his square head and to lap growling the has become a for naked now look at me man looked � stared rather � as as he knew how and in a minute turned away uneasily man this and man that he going on with his drink the is neither man nor or he would have been afraid next season i shall have to beg his leave for a drink that may come too said looking him steadily between the eyes that may come too � what new shame hast thou brought here the lame tiger had dipped his chin and in the water and dark streaks were floating from it down stream man said coolly i killed an hour since he went on and growling to himself the line of beasts shook and wavered to and fro and a whisper went up that grew to a cry man man he has killed man then all looked towards the wild elephant but he seemed not to hear never does anything till the time comes and that is one of the reasons why he so long at such a season as this to kill man was there no other game said scorn how fear came drawing himself out of the water and shaking each cat fashion as he did so i killed for choice � not for food the whisper began again and s watchful little white eye cocked itself in s direction for choice now come i to drink and make me dean again is there any to forbid s back began to curve like a in a high wind but lifted up his trunk and spoke quietly thy kill was from choice he asked and when asks a question it is best to answer even so it was my right and my night thou o spoke almost courteously yea i know answered and after a little silence hast thou drunk thy fill for to night yes go the river is to drink and not to none but the lame tiger would have boasted of his right at this season when � when we together � man and people alike clean or get to thy the last words rang out like silver trumpets and s three sons rolled forward half a pace though there was no need away not to growl for he 