MAN. I pray thee wait till the next animal comes to drink!

ALLIGATOR (impatiently). Have I not told thee of my hunger?

MAN. Listen! Some animal comes through the forest now.

[Enter the LEOPARD. He comes down to drink.]

Leopard, I would question thee.

LEOPARD (curtly). Well?

MAN. How dost thou repay the one who doth thee a favor?

LEOPARD (curtly, as before). By doing him a wrong.

[He drinks and goes.]

ALLIGATOR. Ha, ha, ha! It is just as I said! I will now eat thee forthwith!