Next day Mbo the buffalo6 was set to watch the beans of his chief, but Kalulu had set a great noose between two palm trees. When Kalulu had finished his meal of the chief's beans and was strolling away, the buffalo burst out at him, but the rabbit ran between the two palm trees, and when the buffalo followed he was caught by the noose and swung into mid-air, where he wriggled and squirmed till evening, when the animals returned to set him loose.
Mbo the buffalo was so ashamed that he would not say how he had been outwitted, merely remarking that there must be some misdoer dwelling7 among them.
The leopard8, the lynx, the wart-hog and the hunting dog were all fooled in the same way, and still Kalulu stole Polo's daily bowl of beans.
At last Nkuvu the tortoise, wiser than the rest, went privately9 to King Polo the elephant and said, "If your wives will smear10 me with salt and put me into your dinner of beans tomorrow, I will catch the thief."
Next day Nkuvu was secretly smeared11 with salt and hidden in the beans. The worthless rabbit again determined12 to get his dinner without working for it, and having set his noose, he sauntered up to the cooking pots when all the animals were out at work and began to eat. He thought that the beans were even nicer than usual. They were so deliciously salty. But before Kalulu could finish, Nkuvu had bitten tightly on to his foot.
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