New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1908-05-30
P4K4 THE CAT.
U1hu She Leaves the Nan and Fol-
IOzcs the WOmdn.
Translated from Swahil by Captain c. II. Sti
gand for The London Nation.

Translated from Swahili by Captain c. H. Sti-
gand for The London Nation.
This is the story of Paka the cat.
If there are three or four men walking along
and only one woman, the cat Will turn aside
from the men and follow the one woman.
Now, the reason for this is the story l am
telling you.
In the beginning Paka sat in the bush. till
one day she felt the pain of hunger.
So she came down to the shore. and there she
met a serval who hunting the crabs OF the
shore. So Paka went up to the serval and said,
Good morning ana the serEal saio' VINO
YOU
1t is I-Paka."
What do you want? go
Il want TO follow you about and get food
So the serval said Very good, then Here.
eat these crabs"
So Paka ate of the crabs. ana she Ioiio"eo
the Seryal many days
Till one day there came leopard, and fought
with the serval and killed him
So Paka thought in her heart: Now, this one
was not a manly he who is the man Is the
leopard" So Paka went up to the leopard and
saluted him. Good morning
So the leopard said, And who are you?
1T Is I-Paka."
What do you want!
Il want to follow you about and get food"
So the leopard said, Very good Here eat
So Paka followed the leopard many days and
many weeks.
Til one day came a lion, and he fell on the
leopard and killed him.
So Paka thought in her heart: Now. this one
also not manly one: he who is the man
Is the lion. - -
so to the hon ana sa1u, Ioou MORN
And the lion said, who are your"
1t is I--Paka-
What do you want!
So Paka said. Il want to follow you about
that you may give me food
So the lion said, Then eat of this leopard
So Paka ate of the leopard. and she followed
the lion for many weeks and many months, I'LL
one day there came an elephant
And the elephant came and struck the lion
with his trunk and the lion died.
So Paka said In her heart Now, this one,
too was not a manly one, he VINO Is the man
IS the elephant no..
So Paka went and greeted the eephaht' Hooo
morning. . ,., 49, ,,
1T is I-Paka.
What do you Want!
Il want to follow you about that you may
give me food .
Go the elephant said Then eat Of this lion ~
Go Paka ate of the lion, and she followed
the elephant for many months and many DAYS.
Till one day q man: and that son OF
Adam came and took his matchbox and fired.
And he nit the elephant and the elephant ran
after running a long way he fell down. and
that SON of Adam came and he fired again and
again until the elephant was finished and he
Now Paka said: Behold. he also was not a
manly one; he who Is the man is the son OF
Adam $1,000, -,
Good morning.
And the man said WHO are you?"
1T is I-Paka."
What do you want!
II want to follow you about that you may
So the man said, Then eat of the elephant"
So Paka stayed with the man and ate OF the
elephant while he was cutting out the tusks
When the man had finished cutting out the
tusks he wendell his way home and came TO his
village. -.
Now that had two wives, and the one
he loved and the other he loved not
So he came first to the house OF her whom
he loved not. that he might stay short time
and 90 to the house Of her whom he loved.
So he came there and greeted the wife whom
he loved not and straightway went on to the
house of her whom he loved
When he had come there he said TO her "Oh.
my wife whom love. have done this on pur-
pose. - -. A.. ..n.~
~ came first to the house OF the other one
that I might come straightway 10 you whom
1--we and remain with you long time.
Now the was angry in that ne mad
zone first to the house of the other and she
ssid 70 him: What you say is false!
So she came up to him and struck him-pAh.
that man did no, do anything; he turned
around and Jeff the hut.
Then thought Paka: Now. even this ona il