and Taffy danced all round him . ` Not yet , ' said Tegumai ; ` not till we 've gone a little further . Let 's see . Yo is bad water , but So is food cooked on the fire , is n't it ? ' And he drew this . -LRB- 9 . -RRB- ` Yes . Snake and egg , ' said Taffy ` So that means dinner 's ready . If you saw that scratched on a tree you 'd know it was time to come to the Cave . So 'd I. ' ` My Winkie ! ' said Tegumai . ` That 's true too . But wait a minute . I see a difficulty . SO means `` come and have dinner , '' but sho means the drying-poles where we hang our hides . ' ` Horrid old drying-poles ! ' said Taffy . ' I hate helping to hang heavy , hot , hairy hides on them . If you drew the snake and egg , and I thought it meant dinner , and I came in from the wood and found that it meant I was to help Mummy hang the two hides on the drying-poles , what would I do ? ' ` You 'd be cross .
So 'd XXXXX .
Mummy Taffy Tegumai Winkie Yo difficulty drying-poles fire minute tree