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In Search of the Okapi

CHAPTER VIII
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As the heifer came by, the white jaws snapped at her belly, and bit deep, so that blood flowed, and on the scent of the blood the pack went into the forest.

They ate buffalo that night.
"The young bulls rose from the mud.

They ran to and fro in the open; their eyes were red, and the foam dripped from their black lips.
Wow! they were angry, Ow aye, they were covered with shame and mud.
The old cow moved away, and the cows with young followed her.

The heifers, trembling in their limbs, would have followed also, but the bulls headed them off.

There was much talk in the forest over this.
They said the bulls had learnt wisdom.


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