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tliis sound of dancing that we heard just now. We lioard a 

 lovely sound of dancing; where is the dancing? 



The hare said: "Oh! I can tell you that: it is just by the 

 West. I heard the sound myself also; but I was washing, and I 

 want to rub myself with this fat that vou see here in this cala- 

 bash." 



" Thank you," said the bucks; " we will go to the West and 

 see where is this dancing. We should very much like to be 

 there." So they passed to that place. 



Now as soon as the bucks were gone to look for the place of 

 the dancing, the hare put away the calabash of fat and found his 

 trumpet again, and began to blow it, making a loud noise, " Ti- 

 ti-ti ! " with the bone. 



Then all kinds of animals came running to that place where 

 the hare was blowing the trumpet, all kinds of animals, lions 

 and elephants, and hippopotami, and leopards, and hares, and 

 lizards, and all kinds of animals. They all came to the place 

 where the hare was sitting blowing that trumpet. But as soon as 

 the hare saw that the animals were coming out of the bush, he 

 hid the bone in the grass, and took the calabash of fat, and pre- 

 tended to rub himself with the fat. 



Then the animals came to him and said: " Good morning, 

 ,Mr. Hare, can you tell us where is tha,t dancing? We have heard 

 a great noise of a trumpet and we want to know where is the 

 dancing, for we want to go there." 



" Oh, yes," said the hare, " 1 can tell you; it is just over 

 tliere on the VVest. I have heard that noise of the trumpet, and 

 I myself am going to that dancing. I have just been getting ready 

 to go. You see that I am rubbing myself with this fat so as to 

 look nice when I go to that dancing." 



" Thank you," said the animals; and they went away to look 

 for the place where the dancing was to be. 



Then there came a kwahle, an iguana, walking slowly, 

 slowly, and not making any noise. She walked in the grass be- 

 hind the hare. She was trying to find out where was the noise of 

 the trumpet. 



When he thought that all the animals had gone, the hare 

 put down the calabash of fat, and took out the bone again and 

 began to blow, making a noise, " Ti-ti-ti ! " But as soon as he 

 began to blow, the iguana came quietly, quietly, in the grass, and 

 snatched the bone from the mouth of the hare, and went quickly 

 inside the river. 



" Oh! " shouted the hare, " give me back my horn! " He 

 junjped up, and began to dance about on the bank, he was so 

 angry But the iguana looked out of the water and laughed at 

 him. 



" You silly thing," said she; " you just play with the big 

 people. You try to make fools of them, telling them to go to the 

 West to a big dancing, while all the time there is no dancing at 

 all ; but it is only you sitting there blowing a horn. Y'ou are 

 v.'i;_-k"d ; 1 will throw this horn away! 



