Atondido Stories
the foundation was laid, he went away.
At night the tiger came to work at his new house. "H'm," he
said when he looked at it. "Somebody is helping me. The foun-
dations of my house are all laid." He began to work at once and
built the sides of the house. He worked all night and went away
at daybreak, leaving the house with the sides completed. There
was a big door and a funny little window in the side.
At daybreak the stag came back to work on his house. When
he saw it he rubbed his eyes for he thought that he must be
dreaming. The sides of the house were completed with a big
door and a funny little window. "Somebody must surely be help-
ing me," he said to himself as he began to work to put on the
roof. He worked hard all day and when the sun went down,
there was a roof of dried grass on the house. "I can sleep in my
own house to-night," he said. He made his bed in the corner and
soon was sound asleep.
At night the tiger came back to work on his new house.
When he saw it he rubbed his eyes for he thought that he must
be dreaming. There was a roof of dried grass on the house.
"Somebody must surely be helping me," he said to himself as
he entered the door. The first thing he saw when he entered the
door was the stag sound asleep in his bed in the corner. "Who
are you and what are you doing in my house?" he said in his
deepest voice.
The stag woke up with a start. "Who are you and what are
you doing in my house?" said the stag in his deepest voice.
"It is not your house. It is mine. I built it myself," said the
tiger.
"It is my house," said the stag. "I built it myself."
"I made the clearing for the house," said the tiger, "I built the
sides and made the door and window."
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