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Show ' surety tjf ie;iui.Min. r pfto nr 'PCM ' that she had eaten one of her own babies by mistake, for there was Roley rolling around on the floor playing with iter other little one. and when she realized what had happened she was wild with rage and her eyes gleamed with a cruel light, but site managed to purr out sweetly: "Did yo sleep well last night, Roley dear?" . "Yes, auntie,'' said Roley. "Only a ' gnat stuug me." "Well, never mind," she murmured, "just come again tonight, and we will see what ive shall see." That night everything happened just ns before, only Roley put a huge stone In his place and thou he ran for home as fast as he could go. At midnight when the tigress awoke she brought down her paw upon the stone and it hurt her badly. Then she gave a bile tit the stone and broke all of her front teeth. With a wild howl of rage and pain she looked all about her den, but Roley was not to be found.- The tigress lay awake till night with the pain in her teeth, and she thought and thought, but-she could not plan her revenge upon Roley, so in the morning she went to ' a wise old ono-oyod tiger who was her friend and counselor and asked him how she could punish l,l.y. Thev walked and they talked and they talked and thev walked, and when they enme back lo her den there was the reckless Roley rolling about with the liiile liger eub. Ko they all sat dou n and One-I've began: "When I eat my er ahvays like to eat kids, and four kuU ',. just one mouthful for me. and todav I am hungry, so I am coming , v,h I,,,,!,,, ., make one mouthful of yu .uul ,,,,. buAh. cr and sisters." ";oo,l! g,,,,,!;" k.,1..v. dapping his Pws. "What good stories von do ' tell Now listen, and I will loll ,. ,, s( When you come to ,., s S';rM- ' l..v the forelegs and Jumpstor will hold you by the hind ,, ,.,,,,. v""r h 1 "' Reley will, chop ', ,,f( ''""' ""r "'er will have a big n,,, .' J'"". ' think brs, w'e w.l sktn olT your coat. r,. ., ni:l(. (,s sM-h a nk, slriped rug f,,,- Ur ,(ir... This story terrified the old tte'.'- was an awful coward, nnd so tf ; his heels and ran for heme ns fv'1' : could go. On the way home lie E' ' v other tigers who were his friends, ii" said: "Oh, my dear friends. ', where there is such a line W ,pr K eat. I do not care for him my' will help you catch him. and all '' faction f want will be to watch ? ;' him." ' They went near to the goat's sure enough there was Holey rAM-l , toward home, but the mlnule b ; tigers he climbed up in a tall " '' stood near his house. At last the tigers had to M they all sat In a ring and took ca t get her. Then One-Eye said: " how we enn reach. him. I will s'-t against the tree trunk and the rest r- can tlimb on my Iiacl; one on tep1 . other, and then we can en'1' ""' jJT very easily." fl, JJ J They nil agreed flint (his '"''LlJI lent plan, so One-Kye pn'l'l"'1' ' , fc against the tree and the i''', . climbed one ou top of an""" 'K seven were in a pyramid. 1 " . reached out his paw imd !p. , " Roley. and as he did so One-Kye. ft his eye to see how they were ?eitn-- yr and Roley called out: .- o, . .".Mother, oh. mother: che '"'' . . of mud and I will hit the ,r.: ' ' ss one eve and that will finish M- , v One-i:ye was so frU-hh""'1' ""i -S heard this that he gave a P,. 'iie down tumbled the wliole fsoven . . heap, and all were lightly ' U scratching and spitting l wl" ,M thev were worn out. , t.,,"" ,!r3 Then Koley climbed down K' ' ,; ( ,j and all those Joyous kids W ,: -V rejoicing togelbCr. and nl.h-. , had a lu:or skin rug fr , ,: ; h were jus, as happy, for th-y , to be reminded of t''li' "'ll'k) lowstripe. '"''k t Keloid from "The 'lal'"- Other Tales of ludla. W |