Heema said, “Yes.”
All day they heard the “Click, click,” of jumping grasshoppers.
That evening, when the children began playing, Docas ran up to them and said, “Help me dig a hole to catch the grasshoppers in.”
The children began digging a little way out from the rancheria, and before dark they had made a big hole.
Next morning, while the grasshoppers were still cold and stiff, Docas said to the children, “Let’s make a big ring around the hole before the sun warms the grasshoppers.”
And they did so.
“Now we will walk slowly toward the hole,” said the children.
Little by little the children came nearer. Little by little the ring grew smaller. Little by little the grasshoppers inside the ring grew frightened.
“They’re jumping down into the hole now,” said Docas.
Soon the children were close to the edge of the hole.