Bouqui's Wedding Feast 121

 Pere Malice took the drum and beat a hot rhythm on
it and everybody danced merrily. All danced the rada, the
congo and other dances. When Pere Malice was tired he
passed the instrument to his son; and he went and asked
the bride for a dance. She accepted. When they began to
dance he held her so tightly, that they were cheek to cheek,
twisting and turning around, in a fashion which displeased
Bouqui. His mind began to burn with jealousy.
 When Bouqui could no longer stand the way the drum-
mer was carrying on with his bride, he told his father. From
that moment on Pere Bouqui kept an eye on the drummer.
 At this point all were called into the banquet table.
After Pere Malice ate and drunk his stomach full of pig and
tafia, he left Ti-Malice behind, and went outside for a breath
of air; 'and in the dark he stumbled over an animal which
gave a loud baa! Pere Malice realized that he had stumbled
over a fat sheep. He ran back to tell Ti-Malice and both
agreed to take the animal home with them as pay for their
labor.
 In the meantime, Pere Bouqui who had an eye on the
two, took his sheep and hid it; and then lay in the animal's
place, waiting for the Malices.
 Pere Malice, Ti-Malice with him, felt around the tree
in the pitch darkness, and untied the sheep and took it
along. They started back home, but before they got very
far the moon came up. Pere Malice who was anxious to
see the size of the sheep turned around to look.
 Lo! to his horror his eyes fell on Pere Bouqui, his
deadly enemy, with a shiny-bladed machete, holding the
other end of the rope which he thought was around the
sheep's neck.