Atondido Stories
little more meek.
One day not long afterwards the sunshine was again very
bright and the little lamb was again feeling frisky. He was so
happy and gay that he had forgotten all about how the toad had
pulled him down to the water until the toad spoke to him. Then
he remembered.
"O, little lamb, how are you feeling today?" asked the toad.
The little lamb replied that he was very well.
"Let us run a race," said the toad, "I think I can beat you."
"You may be strong enough to pull me into the sea," said the
lamb, "but surely I can run faster than you. I've watched you
hopping about my pasture. You can't run fast at all. However, I'll
gladly run a race with you to prove what I say."
The toad set a goal and told the lamb to call out every little
while during the race so he could see how much farther ahead
the lamb was. Then the toad and the lamb started.
The toad had assembled all his brothers and his sisters and
his cousins and his uncles and his aunts before the race and had
stationed them at various points along the path of the race. He
had told them that whenever any of them should hear the lamb
calling out, "Laculay, laculay, laculay," the toad which was near-
est should answer, "Gulugubango, bango lay."
The lamb ran and ran as fast as he could. Then he remem-
bered his promise and called out, "Laculay, laculay, laculay." He
expected to hear the toad answer from a long, long distance be-
hind him. He was much surprised to hear some one near him an-
swer, "Gulugubango, bango lay." After that he ran faster than ev-
er.
After running on for some distance farther the lamb again
called out, "Laculay, laculay, laculay." Again he heard the an-
swer at only a short distance away, "Gulugubango, bango lay."
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