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said the lion ; " but before I do so, go and bring me 

 all the food you have in the cave." The old hare 

 did so, and the lion killed and ate her. He then 

 took the food she had laid before him and went 

 away, and presently perceived the hare in the dis- 

 tance. "Hare, come and help me," he cried ; " I am 

 weighed down with food." " Where did you get 

 it ? " inquired the other with a sinking heart. " In 

 a cave in the mountains," returned the Uon. The 

 hare quickly emptied some poison into the food, 

 and after helping the lion home with it, ran off to 

 the cave to see if his mother still lived. One 

 glance showed him what had happened, and weep- 

 ing bitterly, he went back to where he had left the 

 lion, and found him lying dead. 



The Boy and the Cannibals 



Once upon a time, a man went out to hunt and 

 killed a hartebeeste. So he brought it home and 

 said to his mother, " Mother, make a fire, and we 

 will eat meat." But the old woman said, " If you 

 make a fire and cook the meat, the cannibals who 

 live close by will be sure to smell it and come over 

 and eat us. Eat it raw." But the man would not, 

 and bade his wife make a fire, but she made the 

 same reply. So he made his small son run to the 

 village where the cannibals lived to get some fire, 

 and told him not to take any meat with him. But 

 the boy disobeyed his parent, and took a small 

 piece to eat on the way. So at last he came to the 

 village and asked for the fire. The cannibals gave 

 him some, but as he was going away they said. 



