Chapter 13

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 field._]

CAMEL. What! Have you finished your crabs?

JACKAL. I cannot eat another one! Are you not ready to go?

CAMEL. Ready! Why, I have just begun.

JACKAL. I'll wait for you outside the field, then.

[_The Camel nods and disappears among the cane._]

Now I do not wish to wait for him. I am in a hurry to get home, I am. So I'll sing a little song I know. The farmer then will come and drive the camel out.

[_He goes. Soon he is heard singing in the distance. Enter the_ FARMER _and_ the BOYS _with clubs._]

FARMER. I see no jackal here!

A BOY. I am sure I heard him singing!

ANOTHER BOY. I heard him, too!

FARMER. We must look for him and drive him out.

[_The_ CAMEL _enters, eating cane._]

FIRST BOY. Look, look! A camel!

SECOND BOY. Look, father! A camel!

FARMER (_to Camel_). So it was you who was singing, was it? Drive him out, boys! Quick! Beat him with your clubs!

[_They rush upon the Camel and beat him as he runs from the field._]