` 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 Ethiopian stared , but all they could see were stripy shadows and blotched shadows in the forest , but never a sign of Zebra and Giraffe . They had just walked off and hidden themselves in the shadowy forest . ` Hi ! Hi ! ' said the Ethiopian . ` That 's a trick worth learning . Take a lesson by it , Leopard . You show up in this dark place like a bar of soap in a coal-scuttle . ' ` Ho ! Ho ! ' said the Leopard . ` Would it surprise you very much to know that you show up in this dark place like a mustard-plaster on a sack of coals ? '
` Well , calling names wo n't catch dinner , said the XXXXX .
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