“‘Y—es,’ admitted the other slowly.
“‘Well,’ argued Vargu, ‘what we two can do all the animals can do, if they only will. And I have a plan that I am sure will succeed. What do you say—will you help me?’
“The leopard sat thinking for fully a minute. Then he walked up and down several times beneath the tree.
“‘Aw, come on,’ coaxed Vargu.
“‘There’s my paw on it, monkey,’ the other said finally. ‘My name’s Soft Foot.’
“‘Mine’s Vargu,’ the monkey answered gleefully, ‘V-a-r-g-u with the u silent, please. And now suppose we climb into the tree so we can talk undisturbed.’”
CHAPTER IX
IN WHICH THE PRETTY LADY CONCLUDES HER STORY
Once seated above, each told the other his favorite story and, these being finished, the leopard asked to hear of Vargu’s secret plan.
“‘You shall have it at once,’ the other declared. And with that he sounded a soft, signaling note, while from somewhere appeared a solemn-eyed monkey who was almost the image of Vargu.
“‘This,’ said the latter, ‘is my son, Too-Bo-Tan.’