170 Children of Yayoute

 Bouqui went on to the city. At the market place he
took his vegetables and fruit off the donkey and arranged
them on the ground to sell. Now a peculiar looking creature
came along with a big halfor in his hand, and priced some
fruit.
 Bouqui never dreamed that the creature was Malice
who had disguised himself in order to play one of his
annoying tricks. Bouqui tipped his hat to his customer.
 *Do you want to sell all your stuff very quickly?, said
the creature.
 ,But yes, Compere,* answer Bouqui.
 Bon. Turn your back and don't turn around until I give
you a signal. Then you'll see everything will be sold.*
 Bouqui grinned and turned around as the disguised
Malice told him. He stood there staring in the same direction
for hours until he was tired, and thought it was about time
his stuff should be sold. So he turned around and looked.
Lo! All the vegetables and fruit were gone. The only thing
left was the donkey and the harness.
 cOh-oh! I didn't know people in the city were like that.
 What to tell my Ti-Chate. Oh-oh!* he groaned and kept on
 scratching his head, trying to think of what to do. -Now
 if the donkey were mine, I'd sell it and take the money
 home; but it belongs to Marreau. Ah-hi6-6!, he exclaimed.
 -I'll sell the harness. That ought not to be hard, because
 it is brand new.,
 So Bouqui went from place to place, trying to sell
 the harness. It wasn't easy at first, but finally a woman
 offered him a big bag of red beans in exchange for it.