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coming from the other direction. He looked up and saw
Bouqui dragging M&re Bouqui who was fighting and dodging
to every side of the road. When Mere Malice saw that she
decided not to wait for any signal from Malice. She took
one hard leap, which was rather unnecessary, and the ba-
nana string broke, and she got away. Malice leaped after
her into the nearby coffee field. To make Bouqui believe
that he was chasing her, he sat for a while and then came
out along, puffing and blowing, as if he had been running.
 aI'm sorry she has got away and I couldn't catch up
with her,. Malice said.
 cWell,, said Bouqui, -I'll have to give you half of the
money I get for mine when I sell her.
 By the time they arrived in the market place M&re
Bouqui was so disgusted with her son and so worn out
from trying to get away that she was forced to be quiet.
At the same time she was praying that she would manage
to get away from whoever might buy her.
 Mere Bouqui was indeed sold for a good sum. There
was enough money so that the two friends bought enough
food to last them a long time and a donkey as well to
carry the stuff home.
 After loading the donkey, they started back home to
the mountains. On the way Bouqui asked Malice to wait
for him, for he had to go somewhere to do what no one
could do for him. In his absence, Malice cut the poor ani-
mal's tail and ears off and quickly dug three holes in the
ground and put them in, leaving the ends outside. Then
quickly he hid the donkey and all that was on it from
Bouqui's reach. After he had done that he quickly ran back