It is where I keep school . ' The panther looked about , and then inquired , ` But where ? I see nothing of them . ' ` Come a little this way , ' said the jackal , ` and you will hear how beautifully they sing . ' So the panther drew near the cleft of the rock . ` Do n't you hear them ? ' said the jackal ; ` they are in there , ' and slipped away while the panther was listening to the song of the children . She was still standing in the same place when a baboon went by . ` What are you doing there , panther ? ' ' I am listening to my children singing . It is here that the jackal keeps his school . ' Then the baboon seized a stick , and poked it in the cleft of the rock , exclaiming , ` Well , then , I should like to see your children ! ' The bees flew out in a huge swarm , and made furiously for the panther , whom they attacked on all sides , while the baboon soon climbed up out of the way , crying , as he perched himself on the branch of a tree , ' I wish you joy of your children ! ' while from afar the jackal 's voice was heard exclaiming : ` Sting , her well ! do n't let her go ! ' The panther galloped away as if she was mad , and flung herself into the nearest lake , but every time she raised her head , the bees stung her afresh so at last the poor beast was drowned altogether . The Little Hare Contes populaires des Bassoutos . Recueillis et traduits par E. Jacottet . Paris : Leroux , Editeur . A long , long way off , in a land where water is very scarce , there lived a man and his wife and several children .
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