He went to the pond. But the buffaloes were not there! He shouted, whistled, and gave all the buffalo calls he knew. But no answer!
He looked about, and searched everywhere, but he could not see the buffaloes. What had become of them?
Then he happened to look far to the side, toward a lot of tall trees. Something was happening under the trees! He could see a lot of things moving there, but he was too far away to see what they were.
He ran toward the trees. Yes, they were the buffaloes! But why were they there? And why were they behaving like that?
For he saw that they were pawing the ground angrily, and tossing their heads and rattling their horns. And what was very strange, the buffaloes were not looking at anything on the ground in front of them. They were looking up, at the trees!
Then Gulab glanced up into the trees, and saw at once why the buffaloes were behaving like that. But he did not waste a minute. He ran to the buffaloes, shouting:
"Down, Baldo! Down, Chando!"
But the two biggest bulls and all the others glared at the trees and snorted in fury.
"Down!" Gulab shrieked. "Down, or I shall spank you!"
He rushed to Baldo, and spanked him on the jaw. He rushed to Chando, and spanked him on the jaw. He rushed from buffalo to buffalo, and spanked each one on the jaw.