VIII.
Mkaaah Jeechonee, the Boy Hunter.
Sultan Maaj′noon had seven sons and a big cat, of all of whom he was very proud.
Everything went well until one day the cat went and caught a calf. When they told the sultan he said, “Well, the cat is mine, and the calf is mine.” So they said, “Oh, all right, master,” and let the matter drop.
A few days later the cat caught a goat; and when they told the sultan he said, “The cat is mine, and the goat is mine;” and so that settled it again.
Two days more passed, and the cat caught a cow. They told the sultan, and he shut them up with “My cat, and my cow.”
After another two days the cat caught a donkey; same result.
Next it caught a horse; same result.