f you watches,' ses Leelikie. `An'
you'll ha' to watch like t'ieves, an' come a-scootin' an' a-boundin'
when I shouts. Dere won't be no time to catch tings out o' you' tail on
de way.'

"Well, Ou' Baviyaan he look at young Baviyaan, an' he weigh it all up
an' he won'er, an' while he's a-doin' dat young Leelikie sort o' knock
up against dat sore tail of his daddy's. Dat settle it. Ou' Baviyaan
he wants Ou' Jackalse, an he wants him very bad, an if de young fella
tinks he knows of a plan--why, he's about as smart a young baviyaan as
dere is in de koppies, so he'll let him try anyway.

"So dey gets all dis gum, sticky ole gum, an' dey rubs it into young
Leelikie's hair, an' dey daubs an' dey plasters an' dey piles it on till
at last he's yust dat tick wid de gum he cahnt stir. Den dey sits him
nice an' comfy on a nice big stone, an' dey puts a whackin' ole chunk o'
half baked gum in his hand in front of his mouth, an' dere dey leaves
him.

"Now dis is de time young Leelikie 'xpected to get in his work on de
gum. He reckoned he'd be yust wolfin' down dat gum, first de big chunk
in his hand an' nex' to scrape hisse'f clean o' what's on him. But ole
sun had a say in dis f'm above, an' de hot stone had a say in it f'm
below, till 'fore de rest o' de baviyaans had got out o' sight, de gum
was dat sticky dat he couldn' stir hand or leg; not so much as wiggle
his head. An' dar's Ou' Jackalse a-creepin' an' a-peepin' an'
a-watchin' him.

"For Ou' Jackalse he'd bin yust dat mad he'd follo'd on ahter de
baviyaans, yust as young Leelikie made de rest tink he would. But
Leelikie ha'n't reckoned he was a-gun' to be stuck like dis. He'd
reckoned he'd be finis' eatin' de gum while Ou' Jackalse 'ud be waitin'
for de rest to get far enough off, an' dat 'ud give him yust de right
time to be skippin' back out o dat. Whereas--here he wuz.

"An' here was Ou' Jackalse too, yust a-dancin' an a-prancin'. `I's got
you dis time!' ses he. `I's got you at last, gum an' all! Won't I yust
teach you!'

"Young Leelikie nearly busted a-tryin' to loose hisse'f, an' when Ou'
Jackalse seen how fast he was, he yust sit down an' open his mouf an'
lick his chops. `Look at my teef,' ses he. `Now I has you!'

"Young Leelikie tried to let a yell out o' him for his daddy to come an'
he'p him, but his yaws was yust dat bunged up wid gum dere wahnt no
openin' dem needer. `Oh, ain't you nice an' fat,' ses Ou' Jackalse,
watchin' him an' grinni