Like the badger, after which he is named, he burrows and burrows in darkness and covers up his ways; and when the earth caves in beneath those who walk over his trap and they fall, he is already far away, and looks as innocent and bland as a badger on top of the ground.

But if you follow him, then he will turn around and snap at you, like a real tyope.

Your mother is right in fearing him; perhaps not so much on her account as for your sake.

You and Mitsha are both very young, and that man knows how to entrap such little rabbits." Okoya could not deny the truth of his uncle's speech.

He felt that he had wronged his mother, had misinterpreted her motives; and now he was ashamed of himself.