lame up in the by the would have heard him in those long still mornings at last a day came when he did not see gray brother at the signal place and he laughed and headed the for the by the tree which was all covered with golden red flowers there sat gray brother every on his back lifted he has hidden for a month to throw thee off thy guard he crossed the last night with hot foot on thy trail said the wolf panting frowned i am not afraid of but is very cunning have no fear said gray brother his lips a little i met in the dawn now he is telling all his wisdom to the but he told me everything before i broke his back s plan is to wait for thee at the village gate this evening � for thee and for no one else he is lying up now in the big dry of the has he eaten to day or does he hunt empty said for the answer meant life and death to him tiger tiger he killed at dawn � a pig � and he has drunk too remember could never fast even for the sake of revenge oh fool fool what a s it is eaten and drunk too and he thinks that i shall wait till he has slept now where does he lie up if there were but ten of us we might pull him down as he lies these will not charge unless they wind him and i cannot speak their language can we get behind his track so that they may smell it he swam far down the to cut that off said gray brother told him that i know he would never have thought of it alone stood with his finger in his mouth thinking the big of the that opens out on the plain not half a mile from here i can take the herd round through the to the head of the and then sweep down � but he would out at the foot we must block that end gray brother thou cut the herd in two for me not i perhaps � but i have brought a wise gray brother trotted off and dropped into a hole then there lifted up a huge gray head that knew well and the hot air was filled with the most desolate cry of all the � the hunting howl of a wolf at mid day said clapping his hands i might have known that thou not forget me we have a big work in hand cut the herd in two keep the cows and together and the and the plough by themselves so the book the two wolves ran ladies chain fashion in and out of the herd which and threw up its head and separated into two in one the cow stood with their in the centre and glared and ready if a wolf would still to charge down and the life out of him in the other the and the young and stamped but though they looked more imposing they were much less dangerous for they had no to protect no six men could have divided the herd so neatly what orders panted they are trying to join again slipped on to s back drive the away to the left gray brother when we are gone hold the cows together and drive them into the foot of the how far said gray brother panting and snapping till the sides are higher than can jump shouted keep them there till we come down the swept off as and gray brother stopped in front of the cows they charged down on him and he ran just before them to the foot of the as drove the far to the left well done another charge and they are fairly started careful now � careful a snap too much and the will charge this is work than driving black buck thou think these creatures could move so swiftly called j have � have hunted these too in my time r tiger tiger l gasped in the dust shall i turn them into the ay turn swiftly turn them is mad with rage oh if i could only tell him what i need of him to day the were turned to the right this time and into the standing thicket the other herd children watching with the cattle half a mile away hurried to the village as fast as their legs could carry them crying that the had gone mad and run away but s plan was simple enough all he wanted to do was to make a big circle and get at the head of the and then take the down it and catch between the and the cows for he knew that after a meal and a full drink would not be in any condition to fight or to up the sides of the he was soothing the now by voice and had dropped far to the rear only once or twice to hurry the rear guard it was a long long circle for they did not wish to get too near the and give warning at last rounded up the bewildered herd at the head of the on a grassy patch that down to the itself from that height you could see across the tops of the trees down to the plain below but what looked at was the sides of the and he saw with a great deal of satisfaction that they ran nearly straight up and down while the vines and that hung over them would give no to a tiger who wanted to get out let them breathe he said holding up g the book his hand they have not him yet let them breathe i must tell who comes we have him in the trap he put his hands to his 