How Malice Rode Bouqui As a Horse 163

 ,And you don't even invite me?, Bouqui asked.
 *No,* said Malice, aI can't invite you.,
 'Oh-oh! Bouqui grunted. cAnd why can't you invite
me to your wedding?,
 4I don't know your girl friend enough to know if she
has good table manners. I'd have to eat with her to see how
she eats. It's important to have good table manners at a
wedding banquet, you know.,
 ,That's a simple matter,, Bouqui said. I'll take you to
have dinner at her house tomorrow.,
 -Come over tomorrow afternoon, and we will go to her
house,* Malice said.
 cBon.
 It was agreed, and the next afternoon Bouqui dressed
himself and went for Malice. But when he got to Malice's
house the latter said that he wanted to go, only he was too
sick to walk. He suggested that Bouqui should carry him on
his back. Bouqui, who didn't want to miss the chance to
be at the wedding banquet, agreed to do so. Then Malice
dressed himself very nicely. And Bouqui put his hands on
the ground, standing like a horse, and let Malice get on his
back. Off they started to the girl's house.
 But Bouqui had walked only a very little way with
 Malice on his back when Malice fell right off.
 I know why I fell off,, Malice said.
 Why?, Bouqui asked.
 *It's because I can't ride without a saddle,, Malice
 replied.