` Now you are a beauty ! ' said the Ethiopian . ` You can lie out on the bare ground and look like a heap of pebbles . You can lie out on the naked rocks and look like a piece of pudding-stone . You can lie out on a leafy branch and look like sunshine sifting through the leaves ; and you can lie right across the centre of a path and look like nothing in particular . Think of that and purr ! ' ` But if I 'm all this , ' said the Leopard , ` why did n't you go spotty too ? ' ` Oh , plain black 's best for a nigger , ' said the Ethiopian . ` Now come along and we 'll see if we ca n't get even with Mr. One-Two-Three Where 's your Breakfast ! ' So they went away and lived happily ever afterward , Best Beloved . That is all . Oh , now and then you will hear grown-ups say , ` Can the Ethiopian change his skin or the Leopard his spots ? ' I do n't think even grown-ups would keep on saying such a silly thing if the Leopard and the Ethiopian had n't done it once -- do you ? But they will never do it again , Best Beloved . They are quite contented as they are . I AM the Most Wise Baviaan , saying in most wise tones , ` Let us melt into the landscape -- just us two by our lones . ' People have come -- in a carriage -- calling . But Mummy is there ... Yes , I can go if you take me -- Nurse says she do n't care . Let 's go up to the pig-sties and sit on the farmyard rails ! Let 's say things to the bunnies , and watch 'em skitter their tails !
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