It was wrapped warmly in a bath towel and seemed to enjoy the attention it was receiving.

Some one suggested that we leave it in the shack and then all retire so that the mother could creep in and recover it.

But this had one objection--a leopard might creep in first.
We cooked our dinner and away off in the forest came the echoing shouts of Kavirondo.

The camp settled down to quiet and the camp-fires twinkled among the towering trees.

Then some one rushed in to say that the father and mother had come in.
[Photograph: By courtesy of W.D.Boyce.