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kill some creature he must warn that 

 creature; this is desert etiquette. So he 

 gave a great start, and snorting out, " Lion! 

 Lion! " he bounded past the Man, spread- 

 ing the Httle white danger-flag that some 

 writers call his tail. The Man heard the 

 warning and got into a tree in time to 

 escape the Lion. After the Lion had 

 gone the Man called the Antelope and 

 said: 



"Little Antelope, I am a prophet of 

 Allah ; you have saved my life from that 

 ill-informed Lion, and therefore you shall 

 have whatever you ask." 



Then the Antelope said: "When Al- 

 lah made the beasts it seems he forgot 

 me, for he gave me no claws, teeth, 

 horns, nor tail to flap the flies, nor strength 

 nor power to fly, climb, or swim. Please, 

 good Prophet, tell him that he left me 



