How Bouqui and Malice Went Into Partnership


C6te-de-Fer. I believe he has a sort of ouanga to pull you
to him whenever he wants to.,
 cBut Ti-Chate, you're mistaken about Malice. I admit
he is slick, but I've looked into the partnership idea very
well, and found it to be fair and square. I have everything
to gain, yes.,
 cAll right, zammi mouin, as the saying goes, "the horizon
is clear, the ocean is calm, put up your sails", but when
you're caught up by storm, don't call for me to help you
dock your boat.-
 Bouqui paid no attention to his wife. He went outside.
 In the dark he called *Chick, chick, chick!*
 cWhat's that noise you're making out there, Bouqui?>
 cI'm calling my chickens.,
 cWhat chickens are you talking about? Is your brain
 completely desloqud?.
 *The chickens I'm going to buy with the money I get
 for my share of the cow's milk,, Bouqui replied.
 aOh, mon Dieu, papa!- she sighed. Stop that foolish-
 ness, and let's cook the goat's meat and salt the rest before
 it spoils..
 -Yes, Ti-Chate. The chickens would be in bed at this
 hour anyway, wouldn't they?. Clumsily he ran back inside.
 They cooked some of the goat's meat, and ate it with
 rice and diondion. Then they salted the rest to be dried on
 the roof top the next day. The next morning Bouqui got up
 very early, and went directly to Malice's house to see the
 cow. Since they owned it together both had to care for her
 to the same extent. When Bouqui arrived there, Malice
 was sitting in front of his house.