122 Children of Yayoute


 Turning around, he said to Ti-Malice, <Come on son,
let's run for our lives!, They leaped over rocks and bushes,
but when they arrived near a river Pere Bouqui caught
Pere Malice by the foot and bit it.
 *I've got you! I've got you!, he cried.
 Ti-Malice cried out, cPapa, look how he holds the trunk
of a tree for your leg! Pere Bouqui is really stupid!,
 Pere Bouqui who was really stupid enough to fall for
another trick quickly released the real foot and seized the
trunk of a tree.
 Pere Malice and Ti-Malice leaped away again. When
Pere Bouqui realized what had happened he released the
tree and took up the chase once more. He was about to
seize Pere Malice's shirt tail when the two fugitives jumped
into the river and began to swim. Fortunately for them
Pere Bouqui could not swim and was afraid to follow them.
He stood there looking; not even a stone did he find to
throw at them.
 Once on the other side Pere Malice who was, up to that
moment, still in disguise, cried back to Pere Bouqui, Hey,
Pere Bouqui! You're a stupid fool to let me, Pere Malice,
get away!,
 It was not until then that Pere Bouqui knew who he
was dealing with. With his face covered with shame he
started back home. On his way a storm came up and the
lightning stuck him and left him on the ground unconscious
for some time.


It must have been God who spared him!