This he did night and morning , till five days went by . Then , as he slept , the gazelle woke him , saying , ` Master . ' And the man answered , ` How is it that I see a wonder ? ' ` What wonder ? ' asked the gazelle . ` Why , that you , a gazelle , should be able to speak , for , from the beginning , my father and mother and all the people that are in the world have never told me of a talking gazelle . ' ` Never mind that , ' said the gazelle , ` but listen to what I say ! First , I took you for my master . Second , you gave for me all you had in the world . I can not run away from you , but give me , I pray you , leave to go every morning and seek food for myself , and every evening I will come back to you . What you find in the dust-heaps is not enough for both of us . ' ` Go , then , ' answered the master ; and the gazelle went . When the sun had set , the gazelle came back , and the poor man was very glad , and they lay down and slept side by side . In the morning it said to him , ' I am going away to feed . ' And the man replied , ` Go , my son , ' but he felt very lonely without his gazelle , and set out sooner than usual for the dust-heap where he generally found most corn . And glad he was when the evening came , and he could return home . He lay on the grass chewing tobacco , when the gazelle trotted up . ` Good evening , my master ; how have you fared all day ? I have been resting in the shade in a place where there is sweet grass when I am hungry , and fresh water when I am thirsty , and a soft breeze to fan me in the heat . It is far away in the forest , and no one knows of it but me , and to-morrow I shall go again . '
So for five XXXXX the gazelle set off at daybreak for this cool spot , but on the fifth day it came to a place where the grass was bitter , and it did not like it , and scratched , hoping to tear away the bad blades .
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