30. How Bouqui Rented a Mule.


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 ONCE Bouqui went to Madieu and asked to rent a mule
to take some commodities to the market place.
 cHow many trips are you going to make, Compare Bou-
qui?D Madieu asked.
 -Only one trip, papa, Bouqui answered.
 aYou've got to make a trip going and one coming back,
haven't you?.
 But yes. I've got to come back. You know I can't sleep
in the market place.v
 aThat will cost you ten gourdes for going and ten
gourdes for coming back. And coming back, don't you dare
ride her,, Madieu said.
 aYou must be addled in the head, Madieu, compare, to
want me to pay you for coming back, when you don't even
want me to ride her, Bouqui said. And he pulled ten
gourdes out of his pocket. More than that, that's all the
money I have ten gourdes.>
 And before Bouqui had time to say another word, Ma-
dieu grabbed the money from him. I'll keep this, and you