CAMEL. Tell me! I cannot wait! Tell me!

JACKAL. I cannot. I'll have to show you. It is on the other side of the
river.

CAMEL. Why, then, I'll swim across and take you on my back.

JACKAL. Just the very thing!

CAMEL. Come, then! It makes me hungry just to hear of sugar-cane.

[_He kneels for the Jackal to get upon his back._]


SCENE II

TIME: _a little later._
PLACE: _the sugar-cane field._

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THE JACKAL.
THE CAMEL.
FARMER.
BOYS.

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[_The_ CAMEL _eats the sugar-cane. The_ JACKAL _comes running into the