Of direction the person changed into wild too. He become dreadfully wild. He didn’t even begin to be tame till he met the female, and she or he instructed him that she did no longer like residing in his wild approaches. She picked out a pleasingdry Cave, in preference to a heap of moist leaves, to lie down in; and she strewed clean sand on the floor; and she or he lit a nice hearth of wood behind the Cave; and she hung a dried wild-horse pores and skin, tail-down, throughout the opening of the Cave; and he or she stated, ‘Wipe you toes, pricey, when you are available in, and now we’ll preserveresidence.’
That night time, fine loved, they ate wild sheep roasted on the recent stones, and flavoured with wild garlic and wild pepper; and wild duck stuffed with wild rice and wild fenugreek and wild coriander; and marrow-bones of wild oxen; and wild cherries, and wild grenadillas. Then the man went to sleep in the front of the fireplace ever so happy; however thegirl sat up, combing her hair. She took the bone of the shoulder of mutton—the huge fats blade-bone—and she looked atthe splendid marks on it, and she or he threw extra wood at the fire, and she or he made a Magic. She made the primarysinging Magic within the global.
Out in the moist Wild Woods all the wild animals accumulated together where they may see the mild of the fireplace an extended way off, and that they puzzled what it supposed.
Then Wild Horse stamped together with his wild foot and said, ‘O my friends and O my Enemies, why have the person and the lady made that first-rate mild in that exquisite Cave, and what harm will it do us?’
Wild dog lifted up his wild nostril and smelled the odor of roast mutton, and said, ‘i can move up and spot and look, and say; for I assume it is ideal. Cat, include me.’
‘Nenni!’ said the Cat. ‘i'm the Cat who walks via himself, and all places are alike to me. i'm able to no longer come.’
‘Then we will never be buddies once more,’ stated Wild dog, and he trotted off to the Cave. but while he had long gone a touch manner the Cat stated to himself, ‘All places are alike to me. Why should I not cross too and notice and appearanceand are available away at my very own liking.’ So he slipped after Wild dog softly, very softly, and hid himself where he should pay attention the whole lot.
when Wild dog reached the mouth of the Cave he lifted up the dried horse-pores and skin together with his nose and sniffed the lovely odor of the roast mutton, and the lady, searching on the blade-bone, heard him, and laughed, and said, ‘right here comes the first. Wild component out of the Wild Woods, what do you need?’
Wild canine said, ‘O my Enemy and spouse of my Enemy, what is this that smells so good within the Wild Woods?’
Then the girl picked up a roasted mutton-bone and threw it to Wild dog, and stated, ‘Wild factor out of the Wild Woods, flavor and strive.’ Wild canine gnawed the bone, and it changed into more scrumptious than something he had ever tasted, and he said, ‘O my Enemy and spouse of my Enemy, provide me every other.’
The lady said, ‘Wild factor out of the Wild Woods, assist my guy to hunt thru the day and guard this Cave at night time, and i'm able to give you as many roast bones as you want.’
‘Ah!’ stated the Cat, listening. ‘this is a completely smart female, however she isn't so sensible as i'm.’
Wild dog crawled into the Cave and laid his head on the lady’s lap, and stated, ‘O my friend and wife of my buddy, i willhelp Your guy to seek through the day, and at night i can defend your Cave.’
‘Ah!’ stated the Cat, listening. ‘that is a very foolish dog.’ And he went lower back through the wet Wild Woods waving his wild tail, and on foot by using his wild lone. but he by no means instructed every body.
while the person waked up he stated, ‘what's Wild canine doing here?’ And the girl said, ‘His name isn't Wild dog any greater, however the First pal, because he will be our pal for usually and constantly and constantly. Take him with you when you move searching.’
subsequent night the female cut first-rate inexperienced armfuls of sparkling grass from the water-meadows, and dried it before the fire, so that it smelt like new-mown hay, and she sat on the mouth of the Cave and plaited a halter out of horse-disguise, and she or he checked out the shoulder of mutton-bone—at the large extensive blade-bone—and she made a Magic. She made the second one singing Magic in the global.
Out inside the Wild Woods all of the wild animals questioned what had occurred to Wild canine, and at last Wild Horse stamped with his foot and said, ‘i'm able to move and spot and say why Wild canine has now not returned. Cat, come withme.’
‘Nenni!’ said the Cat. ‘i'm the Cat who walks by himself, and all locations are alike to me. i will now not come.’ but all theidentical he accompanied Wild Horse softly, very softly, and hid himself wherein he may want to pay attention the entirety.
while the girl heard Wild Horse tripping and stumbling on his long mane, she laughed and stated, ‘here comes the second one. Wild component out of the Wild Woods what do you need?’
Wild Horse said, ‘O my Enemy and wife of my Enemy, in which is Wild dog?’
The girl laughed, and picked up the blade-bone and looked at it, and stated, ‘Wild thing out of the Wild Woods, you didnow not come right here for Wild canine, but for the sake of this top grass.’
And Wild Horse, tripping and stumbling on his long mane, said, ‘this is true; supply it me to consume.’
The lady stated, ‘Wild component out of the Wild Woods, bend your wild head and put on what I give you, and also youshall eat the remarkable grass three instances a day.’
‘Ah,’ stated the Cat, listening, ‘that is a clever female, however she is not so smart as i am.’ Wild Horse bent his wild head, and the female slipped the plaited conceal halter over it, and Wild Horse breathed at the girl’s ft and said, ‘O my Mistress, and spouse of my grasp, I might be your servant for the sake of the incredible grass.’
‘Ah,’ stated the Cat, listening, ‘that could be a very foolish Horse.’ And he went again thru the moist Wild Woods, waving his wild tail and strolling via his wild lone. however he never advised each person.
while the man and the dog got here again from hunting, the man stated, ‘what's Wild Horse doing here?’ And the womansaid, ‘His call isn't Wild Horse any greater, however the First Servant, because he will convey us from region to vicinity for constantly and always and usually. ride on his lower back when you go looking.
subsequent day, keeping her wild head high that her wild horns need to now not catch inside the wild trees, Wild Cow got here up to the Cave, and the Cat followed, and concealed himself simply the same as earlier than; and the entiretyoccurred just similar to before; and the Cat said the equal matters as before, and when Wild Cow had promised to giveher milk to the lady each day in alternate for the awesome grass, the Cat went returned thru the moist Wild Woods waving his wild tail and on foot by way of his wild lone, simply the same as before. however he never instructed each person. And whilst the man and the horse and the canine came home from searching and requested the identical questions equal as earlier than, the woman stated, ‘Her name is not Wild Cow any more, but the Giver of correct food. she will supply us the nice and cozy white milk for continually and usually and usually, and i will deal with her even as you and the primaryfriend and the first Servant move searching.
next day the Cat waited to peer if some other Wild thing would cross as much as the Cave, however no person moved within the wet Wild Woods, so the Cat walked there by means of himself; and he saw the girl milking the Cow, and he noticed the mild of the fire in the Cave, and he smelt the odor of the warm white milk.
Cat said, ‘O my Enemy and spouse of my Enemy, where did Wild Cow cross?’
The woman laughed and stated, ‘Wild aspect out of the Wild Woods, pass returned to the Woods once more, for i'vebraided up my hair, and i've placed away the magic blade-bone, and we have no greater want of both friends or servants in our Cave.
Cat said, ‘i'm now not a pal, and i am now not a servant. i'm the Cat who walks by himself, and that i desire to come backinto your cave.’
woman stated, ‘Then why did you no longer include First buddy on the primary night time?’
Cat grew very indignant and said, ‘Has Wild dog instructed memories of me?’
Then the lady laughed and stated, ‘you're the Cat who walks by using himself, and all places are alike to you. Your are neither a pal nor a servant. you have got said it yourself. leave and walk by your self in all places alike.’
Then Cat pretended to be sorry and said, ‘should I never come into the Cave? ought to I in no way take a seat via the warmhearth? ought to I by no means drink the warm white milk? you are very smart and really lovely. You must no longer be cruel even to a Cat.’
female said, ‘I knew i was sensible, however I did no longer recognize i used to be stunning. So i can make a good buywith you. If ever I say one phrase for your reward you can come into the Cave.’
‘And if you say phrases in my praise?’ stated the Cat.
‘I by no means shall,’ stated the female, ‘but if I say words in your praise, you could sit by using the hearth within theCave.’
‘And if you say three words?’ said the Cat.
‘I in no way shall,’ stated the woman, ‘however if I say three words in your praise, you can drink the warm white milk 3times a day for continually and constantly and always.’
Then the Cat arched his again and said, ‘Now allow the Curtain at the mouth of the Cave, and the fire at the back of the Cave, and the Milk-pots that stand beside the fireplace, do not forget what my Enemy and the wife of my Enemy has stated.’ And he went away thru the moist Wild Woods waving his wild tail and on foot with the aid of his wild lone.
That night while the person and the horse and the dog came domestic from looking, the woman did now not tell them of the good deal that she had made with the Cat, due to the fact she become afraid that they might not love it.
Cat went a ways and a ways away and hid himself in the moist Wild Woods through his wild lone for a long term until the lady forgot all approximately him. best the Bat—the little upside-down Bat—that hung inside the Cave, knew in which Cat hid; and each night Bat could fly to Cat with news of what was taking place.
One night Bat stated, ‘there is a toddler in the Cave. he's new and pink and fat and small, and the lady is very keen onhim.’
‘Ah,’ stated the Cat, listening, ‘however what is the toddler keen on?’
‘he is fond of factors that are smooth and tickle,’ stated the Bat. ‘he is keen on warm things to keep in his palms whilst he goes to sleep. he is keen on being performed with. he is fond of all those matters.’
‘Ah,’ stated the Cat, listening, ‘then my time has come.’
next night Cat walked thru the wet Wild Woods and hid very close to the Cave till morning-time, and guy and canine and Horse went searching. The woman became busy cooking that morning, and the child cried and interrupted. So she carried him outside the Cave and gave him a handful of pebbles to play with. however still the toddler cried.
Then the Cat positioned out his paddy paw and patted the toddler at the cheek, and it cooed; and the Cat rubbed towardsits fat knees and tickled it under its fat chin together with his tail. And the infant laughed; and the woman heard him and smiled.
Then the Bat—the little upside-down bat—that hung within the mouth of the Cave said, ‘O my Hostess and spouse of my Host and mom of my Host’s Son, a Wild component from the Wild Woods is most beautifully playing with your baby.’
‘A blessing on that Wild thing whoever he may be,’ said the girl, straightening her returned, ‘for i was a hectic woman this morning and he has performed me a provider.’
That very minute and 2nd, satisfactory cherished, the dried horse-pores and skin Curtain that was stretched tail-down on the mouth of the Cave fell down—whoosh!—because it remembered the good buy she had made with the Cat, and whilethe lady went to choose it up—lo and behold!—the Cat became sitting quite at ease inside the Cave.
‘O my Enemy and spouse of my Enemy and mother of my Enemy,’ said the Cat, ‘it is I: for you've got spoken a word in my praise, and now i'm able to sit in the Cave for always and usually and constantly. however nonetheless i am the Cat who walks by himself, and all locations are alike to me.’
The woman turned into very irritated, and shut her lips tight and took up her spinning-wheel and started to spin. however the baby cried because the Cat had long past away, and the female could not hush it, for it struggled and kicked and grew black in the face.
‘O my Enemy and wife of my Enemy and mother of my Enemy,’ said the Cat, ‘take a strand of the cord that you are spinning and tie it to your spinning-whorl and drag it alongside the ground, and i'm able to show you a magic that shall make your child snicker as loudly as he's now crying.’
‘i will achieve this,’ stated the woman, ‘because i'm at my wits’ end; however i will not thanks for it.’
She tied the thread to the little clay spindle whorl and drew it throughout the floor, and the Cat ran after it and patted it with his paws and rolled head over heels, and tossed it backward over his shoulder and chased it between his hind-legs and pretended to lose it, and pounced down upon it once more, till the infant laughed as loudly because it were crying, and scrambled after the Cat and frolicked everywhere in the Cave till it grew worn-out and settled right down to sleep with the Cat in its fingers.
‘Now,’ stated the Cat, ‘i'm able to sing the baby a track that shall keep him asleep for an hour. And he commenced to purr, loud and low, low and loud, till the toddler fell rapid asleep. The lady smiled as she appeared down upon the two of them and said, ‘That was splendidly completed. no doubt however you are very smart, O Cat.’
That very minute and 2d, exceptional loved, the smoke of the hearth at the back of the Cave came down in clouds from the roof—puff!—because it remembered the bargain she had made with the Cat, and whilst it had cleared away—lo and behold!—the Cat became sitting quite comfy close to the hearth.
‘O my Enemy and wife of my Enemy and mom of My Enemy,’ said the Cat, ‘it's far I, for you've got spoken a 2nd word in my reward, and now i'm able to sit down through the nice and cozy fireplace behind the Cave for always and usually and constantly. but nonetheless i am the Cat who walks with the aid of himself, and all locations are alike to me.’
Then the female become very very indignant, and allow down her hair and placed extra wooden at the hearth and brought out the vast blade-bone of the shoulder of mutton and began to make a Magic that must prevent her from sayinga third phrase in praise of the Cat. It become not a singing Magic, satisfactory beloved, it become a nevertheless Magic; and by means of and by the Cave grew so nonetheless that a little wee-wee mouse crept out of a corner and ran throughout the ground.
‘O my Enemy and wife of my Enemy and mother of my Enemy,’ stated the Cat, ‘is that little mouse a part of your magic?’
‘Ouh! Chee! No certainly!’ stated the girl, and he or she dropped the blade-bone and jumped upon the footstool in the front of the hearth and braided up her hair very quick for worry that the mouse ought to run up it.
‘Ah,’ stated the Cat, looking, ‘then the mouse will do me no harm if I eat it?’
‘No,’ said the woman, braiding up her hair, ‘consume it quickly and i will ever be grateful to you.’
Cat made one jump and stuck the little mouse, and the female stated, ‘100 thanks. Even the primary pal isn't briefsufficient to seize little mice as you have accomplished. You have to be very smart.’
That very moment and 2d, O nice liked, the Milk-pot that stood by using the fire cracked in two portions—ffft—because itremembered the bargain she had made with the Cat, and when the female jumped down from the footstool—lo and behold!—the Cat was lapping up the nice and cozy white milk that lay in one of the damaged portions.
‘O my Enemy and spouse of my Enemy and mother of my Enemy, said the Cat, ‘it's miles I; for you have got spoken threewords in my praise, and now i will drink the nice and cozy white milk 3 times an afternoon for always and always and constantly. however nonetheless i am the Cat who walks via himself, and all places are alike to me.’
Then the female laughed and set the Cat a bowl of the nice and cozy white milk and said, ‘O Cat, you're as smart as a man, but remember the fact that your good deal turned into now not made with the man or the canine, and i do no longerrecognize what they'll do while they come domestic.’
‘what's that to me?’ stated the Cat. ‘If i've my area within the Cave by using the hearth and my warm white milk threetimes an afternoon I do not care what the man or the dog can do.’
That nighttime when the man and the dog came into the Cave, the woman advised them all the tale of the bargain whilethe Cat sat by using the hearth and smiled. Then the man stated, ‘sure, however he has no longer made a bargain with me or with all right men after me.’ Then he took off his leather-based boots and he took up his little stone axe (that makes 3) and he fetched a bit of timber and a hatchet (that is five altogether), and he set them out in a row and he said, ‘Now we are able to make our bargain. if you do no longer trap mice while you are in the Cave for constantly and continually and usually, i will throw those 5 things at you every time I see you, and so shall all right guys do after me.’
‘Ah,’ stated the girl, listening, ‘that is a completely smart Cat, however he isn't so clever as my man.’
The Cat counted the 5 things (and they seemed very knobby) and he said, ‘i can capture mice whilst i am within the Cave for continually and usually and always; however nevertheless i'm the Cat who walks by himself, and all locations are alike to me.’
‘no longer while i am near,’ said the man. ‘in case you had not said that remaining i'd have placed all this stuff away for constantly and usually and constantly; but i'm now going to throw my two boots and my little stone axe (that makes 3) at you whenever I meet you. And so shall all proper men do after me!’
Then the dog stated, ‘Wait a minute. He has not made a good buy with me or with all proper puppies after me.’ And he showed his enamel and stated, ‘if you are not kind to the baby even as i'm in the Cave for continually and always and usually, i can hunt you until I catch you, and when I capture you i can chew you. And so shall all right dogs do after me.’
‘Ah,’ stated the girl, listening, ‘that is a totally smart Cat, however he is not so clever as the dog.’
Cat counted the dog’s enamel (and that they looked very pointed) and he said, ‘I will be type to the toddler whilst i'minside the Cave, so long as he does now not pull my tail too difficult, for continually and continually and constantly. butstill i am the Cat that walks via himself, and all locations are alike to me.’
‘no longer when i'm near,’ said the dog. ‘in case you had not stated that closing i would have shut my mouth for usuallyand continually and continually; however now i'm going to hunt you up a tree on every occasion I meet you. And so shall all right puppies do after me.’
Then the person threw his two boots and his little stone awl (that makes 3) on the Cat, and the Cat ran out of the Cave and the canine chased him up a tree; and from that day to this, high-quality loved, three right guys out of five will alwaysthrow matters at a Cat on every occasion they meet him, and all right puppies will chase him up a tree. however the Cat keeps his facet of the bargain too. he'll kill mice and he can be kind to toddlers when he is in the residence, simply so long as they do now not pull his tail too difficult. however whilst he has accomplished that, and among instances, and while the moon receives up and night time comes, he's the Cat that walks via himself, and all places are alike to him. Then he goes out to the wet Wild Woods or up the wet Wild trees or on the moist Wild Roofs, waving his wild tail and strollingthrough his wild lone.
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