` Sit on its head till the morning -- same as me . They have n't any form -- any of 'em . ' So they sat down on them hard till bright morning-time , and then Leopard said , ` What have you at your end of the table , Brother ? ' The Ethiopian scratched his head and said , ` It ought to be ` sclusively a rich fulvous orange-tawny from head to heel , and it ought to be Giraffe ; but it is covered all over with chestnut blotches . What have you at your end of the table , Brother ? ' And the Leopard scratched his head and said , ` It ought to be ` sclusively a delicate greyish-fawn , and it ought to be Zebra ; but it is covered all over with black and purple stripes . What in the world have you been doing to yourself , Zebra ? Do n't you know that if you were on the High Veldt I could see you ten miles off ? You have n't any form . ' ` Yes , ' said the Zebra , ` but this is n't the High Veldt . Ca n't you see ? ' ' I can now , ' said the Leopard . ` But I could n't all yesterday . How is it done ? ' ` Let us up , ' said the Zebra , ` and we will show you . They let the Zebra and the Giraffe get up ; and Zebra moved away to some little thorn-bushes where the sunlight fell all stripy , and Giraffe moved off to some tallish trees where the shadows fell all blotchy . ` Now watch , ' said the Zebra and the Giraffe . ` This is the way it 's done . One -- two -- three ! And where 's your breakfast ? '
Leopard stared , and XXXXX stared , but all they could see were stripy shadows and blotched shadows in the forest , but never a sign of Zebra and Giraffe .
Ca Ethiopian Giraffe Leopard Zebra blotches morning morning-time orange-tawny thorn-bushes