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Sugar-cane. [_He kneels for the Jackal to get upon his back._] SCENE II
TIME: _a little later._ PLACE: _the sugar-cane field._ * * * * * THE
JACKAL. THE CAMEL. FARMER. BOYS. * * * * * [_The_ CAMEL _eats the
sugar-cane. The_ JACKAL _comes running into the field._] CAMEL. What!
Have you finished your crabs? JACKAL. I cannot eat another one! Are you
not ready to go? CAMEL. Ready! Why, I have just begun. JACKAL. I'll wait
for you outside the field, then. [_The Camel nods and disappears among
the cane._] Now I do not wish to wait for him. I am in a hurry to get
home, I am. So I'll sing a little song I know. The farmer then will come
and drive the camel out. [_He goes. Soon he is heard singing in the
distance. Enter the_ FARMER _and_ the BOYS _with clubs._] FARMER. I see
no jackal here! A BOY. I am sure I heard him singing! ANOTHER BOY. I
heard him, too! FARMER. We must look for him and drive him out. [_The_
CAMEL _enters, eating cane._] FIRST BOY. Look, look! A camel! SECOND
BOY. Look, father! A camel! FARMER (_to Camel_). So it was you who was
singing, was it? Drive him out, boys! Quick! Beat him with your clubs!
[_They rush upon the Camel and beat him as he runs from the field._]
SCENE III TIME: _a little later._ PLACE: _the west bank of the river._ *
* * * * THE JACKAL. THE CAMEL. * * * * * [_The_ CAMEL _lies on the bank
half dead from his beating. Enter the_ JACKAL.] JACKAL. Are you ready to
go now, friend? CAMEL. Don't say "friend" to me! JACKAL. Why do you
speak so strangely? CAMEL. Why did you sing so strangely? [Illustration]
JACKAL. Oh, I don't know why! I always sing after dinner. CAMEL. Ah!
Well, let us go. [_He kneels. The Jackal gets on his back. The Camel
rises and enters the river. He swims to the middle of the river and
stops._] JACKAL. Why do you stop? CAMEL. I have such a strange, strange
feeling. JACKAL. Well, swim on. You nee