The sun., 1908-05-17

7 She tcllS him; IT comes from down yonder
ever 90 fur. ciose to that fg troe. Pass
oni" When he got thsre, behold the sound
came from hshind him. ~
There oomes a Gazelle,N mot the same
but another. The Hoppestoad says: 60
look for y down along about that big tres
there 2 N .k xe =.
Master Lion comes also. go huns
down there, = she bids him; Alisten for the
trunpets, II d there they are playing rs
The Elephant also cora<s along and Rays:
Whence comes that sound, my good gcsslp.
Crocodiles Daughter for that % the
Hoppeftcads honorable surname. Hhe ans
svered him the same. "a
Theni the Hippopotamus comes BY. 4 HS
takes his stand close by, he does mot 60
along down. he hides himself and ssys;;.s
That girl there is fooling ,is. 1hs sound
comes from right here. right from her
lips IL copnes. That couch which she lsas
built what mas she built II for2 !, ehS hAa
built IL 70 ut there and play the tsnmpss,
am going 70 look into this q 81 ,r' ..a5 z, N
Then all lat once the sound brsaks ont.
He CONES back a-ealloping. he arrives
and says to her. ~
!. $50 It's you who put up tricks upon per-
sons Of dignity Soits you who arc making
oil this noise, you HoppertoadE
He takes the trumpet and essays to play
II. But he could not. he blew pfA. no other
sound cpuld b get out Of It. Tho Hopper
toad takes IL back and the tone is perfect.
The Hippopotatpns says to her.
Come now, tsll me about these trumpets.
What have you made them Of? Tell me
that. HoPpertoAd.' ,a%
-ofth shinbones OF the Gaselle.' she
replies. -We rama race and won, then I
cut the stops in her bones and now play
the trumpet, Try it you!"
He could not Get 1t and said TO- her: Lend
1t me. will GO blow the trumpet at honne.'
The HoppertoGd refused and said: by
no means. for how then shall be able to
playf You are sst upon annoying me-
!. why should I annoy your You arc
much too smart. Do you think that Necause
you have got yourself a trumpet that you
became one OF the lords Of the oarth1 IL
that itYe y,,.fy 4'9t
Il am no lord at all. the Hoppertoad
replies. -but am setting myself against
you because you have said you want 70 90
to your own people with my trumpet ~
Then the Hippopotamus grabbed tho
trumpet and made o wide river como into
being. He CROSSED to the other bank and
went awsy with the trumpet.
The Hoppertoad cried out: WI! Wui with
threatening mien. she beat upon her lips
and cried; 'We shall yet come back, my
trumpet and II And as for that puddle there.
that's nothing to me-"
Then shs began to swallow air. she grew
larger and larger until she was all pufied
up, she doats over the water until she
reaches the other shore. She notes the
spoor Of the Hppopotamus and follows It.
Then the Hppopotamus brought on Q
scorohing heat. The Hoppertoad escapes
that by barying herself in the sand. She
goes on and on. not fearing a thing.
At shutdown she comes forth despite tho
wasps and bees which Hippopotannis had
sent to play around With her 30 that abe
might get btunG and thus turn back. Tho
Hoppertoad exuded her sticky sweat all
over her body and the wasps stuck fast
in it, but abe kept going on.
Then he set . bog across the road. Tho
Hoppertoad went through the bog. Then
once more he created river. The Hopper.
toad halts Mt the ford, she builds q VILLAGE;
she builds it with care. She takes o leaf,
she comes with assegais. she crosses the
water. she goes to take the Hippopotamus
by surprise. He was lying on his bs6k
on the sand, legs in air. warming himself
In the sun. a',sa
The Hoppertoad comes out from her leaf:
she Is close TO him. but at the ipStant when
she is about to slay him WITH her assegai
a bird fits overhead and cries out: -Hop
into the water, HippopotamA Of the handy
legs. you are about to be slainI'
The Hippopotamus plunged into the
river. plunkl He took the trumpet into
the water with him. The Hoppertoad was
afraid TO repass, the stream and remained
where abe was. 'aNf
~ NEXT morning Hoppertoad went to lie
In wait FOR the bird and kill IT, She pluoked
1t, she kindled . fire with brentwood, she
put the bird on tho fire. she cooked II, she
consumedyit utterly. She dug, q hole,
she buried the bones and covered them
over with sand.
In the morning she came upon the Hippo
potamus stretched ON his back. whore he
could not fight. But at the moment when
Hoppertoad was about to pierce him
through and through the birds feathers
came to life and cried out: Save yourself,
Hippopotansus Of the handy legs. they are
The Hippopotamus went plunk into
the water, he fairly threw himself In. In
the, morning the Hoppertoad came back,
set fire to the grass. the feathers were
consumed.
Tomorrow she found the Hippopotamus
once more stretched out. She hurled her
assegai. But, behold a single feather
arises, appearing from Q hollow tree. where
II had lodged, and cried out: Save your
self, Hippopotamus Of the handy 'Iegs,
they're Killing you'll" The Hippopotamus
goes plunk into the water and vanishes
The Hoppertoad went away to sleep
for three days on end. The Hippopotamus
says to himself: Surely. she's clean
tuokered out I have kept her trumpet
He came out OF the water. he went OH all
by himself to play on IT..
But the Hoppertoad went to stalk him
that morning She came upon him lying
on his back with HIS legs in the air playing
the trumpet. She. pierced him through
and through with three assegais.
He said TO her: Let me be, dear friend,
I pray youl Take your trumpet"
The Hoppertoad said to him: aBy no
means. I'm going to cut out your bones
and mako me another"
She Stays him. she takes her trumpet.
she throws II into the water. Then abe
grasps her knife and commences her sham
bles work Behold, the knife breaksi She
takes an axe and puts an edge on It, Just