Now , mother , a little rice and some dried fish atop -- yes , and some vegetable curry . ' A growl came out of the back of the shop , where a man lay . ` He drove away the bull , ' said the woman in an undertone . ` It is good to give to the poor . ' She took the bowl and returned it full of hot rice . ` But my yogi is not a cow , ' said Kim gravely , making a hole with his fingers in the top of the mound . ' A little curry is good , and a fried cake , and a morsel of conserve would please him , I think . ' ` It is a hole as big as thy head , ' said the woman fretfully . But she filled it , none the less , with good , steaming vegetable curry , clapped a fried cake atop , and a morsel of clarified butter on the cake , dabbed a lump of sour tamarind conserve at the side ; and Kim looked at the load lovingly . ` That is good . When I am in the bazar the bull shall not come to this house . He is a bold beggar-man . ' ` And thou ? ' laughed the woman . ` But speak well of bulls . Hast thou not told me that some day a Red Bull will come out of a field to help thee ? Now hold all straight and ask for the holy man 's blessing upon me . Perhaps , too , he knows a cure for my daughter 's sore eyes . Ask . him that also , O thou Little Friend of all the World . '
But XXXXX had danced off ere the end of the sentence , dodging pariah dogs and hungry acquaintances .
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