Motikatika went out directly , and brought back quite a crowd of babies , and shaved their heads and hung white beads round their little black necks , and just as he had finished , the ground began to shake , and the huge ogre came striding along , crying : ` Motikatika ! Motikatika ! ' ` Here we are ! here we are ! ' answered the babies , all running to meet him . ` It is Motikatika I want , ' said the ogre . ` We are all Motikatika , ' they replied . And the ogre sat down in bewilderment , for he dared not eat the children of people who had done him no wrong , or a heavy punishment would befall him . The children waited for a little , wondering , and then they went away . The ogre remained where he was , till the evening , when the woman returned from the fields . ' I have not seen Motikatika , ' said he . ` But why did you not call him by his name , as I told you ? ' she asked . ' I did , but all the babies in the village seemed to be named Motikatika , ' answered the ogre ; ` you can not think the number who came running to me . ' The woman did not know what to make of it , so , to keep him in a good temper , she entered the hut and prepared a bowl of maize , which she brought him . ' I do not want maize , I want the baby , ' grumbled he ` and I will have him . ' ` Have patience , ' answered she ; ' I will call him , and you can eat him at once . ' And she went into the hut and cried , ` Motikatika ! ' ' I am coming , mother , ' replied he ; but first he took out his bones , and , crouching down on the ground behind the hut , asked them how he should escape the ogre . ` Change yourself into a mouse , ' said the bones ; and so he did , and the ogre grew tired of waiting , and told the woman she must invent some other plan .
` To-morrow I will send him into the field to pick some beans XXXXX me , and you will find him there , and can eat him . '
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