The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1908-06-13
PAKA THE CAT
Why She Leaves the Man and Follows
the Woman

This is the story of Paka the cat.
If there are three or four men walk
ing 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
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 store and
there she met serval who was hunt
ing the crabs of the shore. So Paka
went up to the serval and said, Good
morning" and the serval said, who
are you"
1T is I-Paka.''
What do you want?"
Il want to follow you about and so
get food"
So Paka ate Of the crabs, and she
followed the serval many days
Till one day there came a leopard,
anG fought with the serval and killed
him.
So Paka thought in her heart
Nov, this one was not manly one:
he who Is the man is the leopard" So
Paka went up to the leopard and sa-
luted him. "Good morning"
So the leopard said, and who are
ycu?"
"Tt is I-Paka."
what do you want?"
81 want to follow you about and
get food" i
So the leopard said Very good.
Here, eat of the servaL"
So Paka followed the leopard many
days and many weeks.
Till one day came lion, and he fell
or thef leopard and killed him.
SO Paka thought in her heart:
"Ncw, this one also was not a manly
one; he who is the man is the lion"
So she went to the lion and said,
Good morning"
And the lion said, "Who are you?"
1T is I-Paka.'
So Paka said, II want to follow you
about that you may give me food"
SO fhe lion said, "Then eat of this
leopard"
So Paka ate of the Leopard, and she
followed the lion for many tweeks and
many months, till 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
who is the man is the elephant"
So Paka went and greeted the ele-
miami "Good morning"
The elephant said, And who are
you?"
at Is I-Paka.'
What do you want?"
81 want to follow you about that
you may give me food"
So the elephant said, Then eat of
this lion."
So Paka ate of the lion. and she fol-
lowed the elephant for many months
and many days.
Till one day came man; and that
sor- of Adam came and took his
ma tchlock and fired.
And he hit the elephant and the
elephant ran away. &
After running a long way he fell
down, and that son of Adam came
end he fired again and again until the
elephant was finished and he died.
Now Paka said: Behold, he also
was not a manly one; he who is the
nan is the son of Adam
So Paka went up and saluted him,
saying, "Good morning"
And the man said, WHO are you"
II is I-Paka."
What do you want?"
II want to follow you about that
you may give me food
So the man said, "Then eat of the
elephant"
So Paka stayed with the man and
ate of the elephant while he was cut
ting out the tusks.
When the man had finished cutting
out the tusks he wended his way home
and came to his village.
Now, that man had two wives, and
enc 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
sort time and go to the house Of
!'er whom he loved.
So he came there and greeted the
wife whom he loved not, and straight
way went on to the house of her
whom he loved.
When he had come there he said to
her: "Oh, my wife whom 1 loved, I
have done this on purpose
81 came first to the house Of the
other one that 1 might come straight
way to you whom / love, and remain
with you a long time"
Now, the woman was angry in that
he had gone first to the house of the