` It 's a little berangement of my own , Daddy dear , ' said Taffy . ` If you wo n't ask me questions , you 'll know all about it in a little time , and you 'll be surprised . You do n't know how surprised you 'll be , Daddy ! Promise you 'll be surprised . ' ` Very well , ' said Tegumai , and went on fishing . The Stranger-man -- did you know he was a Tewara ? -- hurried away with the picture and ran for some miles , till quite by accident he found Teshumai Tewindrow at the door of her Cave , talking to some other Neolithic ladies who had come in to a Primitive lunch . Taffy was very like Teshumai , especially about the upper part of the face and the eyes , so the Stranger-man -- always a pure Tewara -- smiled politely and handed Teshumai the birch-bark . He had run hard , so that he panted , and his legs were scratched with brambles , but he still tried to be polite . As soon as Teshumai saw the picture she screamed like anything and flew at the Stranger-man . The other Neolithic ladies at once knocked him down and sat on him in a long line of six , while Teshumai pulled his hair . ` It 's as plain as the nose on this Stranger-man 's face , ' she said . ` He has stuck my Tegumai all full of spears , and frightened poor Taffy so that her hair stands all on end ; and not content with that , he brings me a horrid picture of how it was done . Look ! ' She showed the picture to all the Neolithic ladies sitting patiently on the Stranger-man . ` Here is my Tegumai with his arm broken ; here is a spear sticking into his back ; here is a man with a spear ready to throw ; here is another man throwing a spear from a Cave , and here are a whole pack of people ' -LRB- they were Taffy 's beavers really , but they did look rather like people -RRB- ` coming up behind Tegumai . Is n't it shocking ! ' ` Most shocking ! ' said the Neolithic ladies , and they filled the Stranger-man 's hair with mud -LRB- at which he was surprised -RRB- , and they beat upon the Reverberating Tribal Drums , and called together all the chiefs of the Tribe of Tegumai , with their Hetmans and Dolmans , all Neguses , Woons , and Akhoonds of the organisation , in addition to the Warlocks , Angekoks , Juju-men , Bonzes , and the rest , who decided that before they chopped the Stranger-man 's head off he should instantly lead them down to the river and show them where he had hidden poor Taffy . By this time the Stranger-man -LRB- in spite of being a Tewara -RRB- was really annoyed .
They had filled his hair quite solid with mud ; they had rolled him up and down on knobby pebbles ; they had sat upon him in a long line of six ; they had thumped him and bumped him till he could hardly breathe ; and though he did not understand their language , he was almost sure that the names the XXXXX ladies called him were not ladylike .
Akhoonds Angekoks Juju-men Neolithic Taffy Tewara Warlocks Woons berangement spears