118 Children of Yayoute


 *What is your hand doing
 in the bag all the time?,
 Replied Bouqui:
 cCommeres Guineas, Commeres Guineas,
 I keep it in there,
 for it gives me rhythm.,
 Bouqui followed the example of Malice successfully. He
had caught several of the birds when the guineas who
still did not know what was going on continued to sing:
 *Compere Bouqui, Compere Bouqui,
 what is your hand doing
 in the bag all the time?*
 Bouqui was getting along so well that he became boast-
ful. Impertinently he replied to the guinea-hens' song:
 *Commeres Guineas, Commeres Guineas,
 I keep it in there,
 to break the necks of two dozen guineas.,
 The guineas thought they did not hear correctly; so
they sang again:
 *Compere Bouqui, Compere Bouqui,
 what is your hand doing
 in the bag all the time?>
 Replied Bouqui:
 tDidn't you hear me, Commfre Guineas?
 I keep it in there,
 to break the necks of two dozen guineas..
 And at once the guineas fell upon the two with their
beaks, wings, and claws. They pecked, and slapped, and