We waited and waited, but the day passed on and she did not return, and we grew hungrier and hungrier, and at last we lay down, side by side, and cried ourselves to sleep.
"'In the evening, peeping through a hole in the door, we saw her coming across the field.

She was crawling very slowly, with her body close down against the ground.

We called to her, and she answered with a low "crroo"; but she did not hasten her pace.
"'She crept in and rolled over on her side, and we ran to her, for we were almost starving.

We lay long upon her breasts, and she licked us over and over.
"'I dropped asleep upon her, and in the night I awoke, feeling cold.

I crept closer to her, but that only made me colder still, and she was wet and clammy with a dark moisture that was oozing from her side.